Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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- Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Post Steven Spielberg
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Getting Killed Geese
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
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