Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Best TV of 2018: Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times

My Not-Top-Ten Television List: Emily Nussbaum: New Yorker

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Buck Cindy Meehl
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Horse Money Pedro Costa
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles

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