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
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The 50 Best Albums Of 2020: Stereogum

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The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Favorite Books of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Pilgrim Bell Kaveh Akbar
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Awake Jen Hatmaker
Tár Todd Field
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Monsoon Hong Khaou
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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