Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Cocoon Crush
1. Albums of the Year 2018: Quietus
Flatland

Trending Lists

Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Favorite Books of 2025 Barack Obama
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Cyrano Joe Wright
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Tár Todd Field
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Soi Cheang
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists

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