Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Michael Sicinski: Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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Iceboy Violet

The Vanity Project
1. The Top 50 Albums of 2022: Crack Magazine
2. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
Drown to Float
- The Best Music of 2021: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Screen Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

A Simple Life Ann Hui
Asking for a Ride White Reaper
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Baronesa Juliana Antunes
Artificial Paradises Yulene Olaizola
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Cosmos Andrzej Zulawski
Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub

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