Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Favourite Albums of 2018: gal-dem

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

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

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