Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Memories and Empties

by Colter Wall

Lists

The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Get Out Jordan Peele
CODA Sian Heder
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
A Man on the Inside
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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