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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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1. 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Zbig Edward Luce
Resurrection Bi Gan
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus

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