Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks

20 Best Albums of 2020: Glide

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
The BPM Sudan Archives
Holy Motors Leos Carax
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
XXX Danny Brown

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