Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Stephen Kearse: Time
The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Albumism
The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Complex

The Best Albums Of 2024: Essence
The Best Albums of 2024: Uproxx

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Resurrection Bi Gan
Her Spike Jonze
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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