Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Brittany Allen: Lit Hub: The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Dwyer Murphy

The House on Buzzards Bay
- 43 Favorite Books of 2025: Lit Hub
The Stolen Coast
- The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023: Lit Hub
An Honest Living
- Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
The 72 Best Albums of the 2010s Mixmag
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

The Harbingers
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Early Work Andrew Martin
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Out of Touch Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane
Elvis & Nixon Liza Johnson
Communion Park Jiha
Hallow Road Babak Anvari

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