Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear

2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

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100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Movies of 2011 Total Film
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Binge Mode: Harry Potter
Twenty Thousand Hertz
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
My Dad Wrote A Porno
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Obscure with Michael Ian Black Michael Ian Black
Resurrection Bi Gan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Western Valeska Grisebach

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