Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Steve Erickson: GCN: Best Films of 2019
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The Abyss

by Kevin Drumm and Jason Lescalleet

Appears on two lists

Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014: Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Albums of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2019 Steve Erickson · GCN
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
Top 20 Books of 2017 Stranger
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

James Percival Everett
The First Wave Matthew Heineman
The Light of the World Elizabeth Alexander
Fengming: A Chinese Memoir Wang Bing
Blindness The Murder Capital
All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh
Risk Laura Poitras
The Eagle Huntress Otto Bell
Anguilla Electrica Porter Ricks
Small Rain Garth Greenwell
Contempt Couch Slut
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
Wondervisions Delicate Steve
The Beast You Are Big Business

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