Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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- Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Thresholder Ian William Craig
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Vida
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future (Or: A Non-Abled Offender’s Exercise in Jurisprudence) Elysia Crampton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy

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