Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
A.V. Club: The 25 Best Films of 2024
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Daniel Alarcón

The King Is Always Above the People
- Fiction 2017: National Book Award

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favourite Books of 2025 The Skinny
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2022 Entertainment Weekly
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
The 80 Best Albums of 2022 PopMatters
Dean's List 2020 Robert Christgau
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Three Exercises of Interpretation Cristi Puiu
Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk Miles Okazaki
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Mudboy Sheck Wes
Joy David O. Russell
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
The Confidante
Thank You for Today Death Cab for Cutie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses Blut Aus Nord
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Citizenfour Laura Poitras
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor

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