Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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King Heavy Metal
- 31 Favorite Albums of 2015: Dennis Cooper
Swimmer to a Liquid Armchair
1. Top 25 Albums of 2015: Magnet

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
We the People Jill Lepore
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig

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