Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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25 Best Albums of 2016: Slant
40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib

The 110 Best Albums of the 2010s: Albumism

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Dublin Literary Award

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
XXX Danny Brown
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson

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