Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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David Maraniss

Path Lit by Lightning
Once in a Great City
- 50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Barack Obama
- 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie

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