Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Ken Pomeroy

Lists

The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler

The Best Music of 2025: Carl Wilson: Slate
Top 10 Albums of 2025: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music
The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Long Story Short
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
It Follows David Robert Mitchell
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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