Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2024: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll

The 12 Best Documentaries of 2024: Noel Murray: Polygon
Best Movies of 2024: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
Best Movies of 2024: Jake Coyle: AP

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Albums of 2025 Jon Caramanica · New York Times

Trending Works

Hit Man Richard Linklater
Empty Netters
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Severance
The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
GNX Kendrick Lamar
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
Fargo
Enys Men Mark Jenkin
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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