Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Invest in Failure (Notes on Film 06-C, Monologue 03)

by Norbert Pfaffenbichler

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Best Films of 2018: Ferroni Brigade: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

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Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
2026 Award T.S. Eliot Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

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Even the Dogs Jon McGregor
Ducks Kate Beaton
Black Car Burning Helen Mort
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Love and Summer William Trevor
Diary of the Fall Michel Laub
The Transmigration of Bodies Yuri Herrera
Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Matterhorn Karl Marlantes
The Town with Matthew Belloni
The Bee Sting Paul Murray
Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hyesoon
Let Him Go Thomas Bezucha

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