Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
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The 10 Best New Podcasts of 2024: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker

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The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

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Enormous Sophie Letourneur
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
Misinterpretation Ledia Xhoga
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home
Get Millie Black
Into It with Sam Sanders
Brooklyn John Crowley
A Tradition of Violence
I'm Thinking of Ending Things Charlie Kaufman
The Midnight Sky George Clooney
Juror #2 Clint Eastwood

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