Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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The Performance of Becoming Human
1. 11 Best Poetry Books of 2016: BuzzFeed

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Lowdown
American Eden Victoria Johnson
American Prison Shane Bauer
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
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