Year-End Lists

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Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Brian Truitt: USA Today

The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
10 Best Movies of 2025: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe
Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Second Mansions Le Concorde
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Getting Killed Geese
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Slow West John Maclean
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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