Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib

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The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Zbig Edward Luce
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Resurrection Bi Gan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus

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