Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Albums of 2025: Coup De Main
The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar

The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Mikael Wood · Los Angeles Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Belonging and Betrayal Charles Dellheim
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Get Out Jordan Peele
A Man on the Inside

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