Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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A Fine African Man
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
Alpha Place
1. Albums Of The Year 2022: Clash

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

King of Kings Scott Anderson
Motherland Julia Ioffe
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Zbig Edward Luce
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Resurrection Bi Gan

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