Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Best Films of 2018
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2022
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2021
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Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

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- 100 Notable Books of 2025: New York Times: New York Times
- Favorite Books of 2025: Barack Obama

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Films of 2025 Little White Lies
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste
43 Favorite Books of 2025 Lit Hub
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 20 Best Books of 2025 Town & Country
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Shade Grouper
The Taking Alexandre O. Philippe
The History of the Seattle Mariners Jon Bois
The Rest Boygenius
I Decided Big Sean
Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard
Kingdoms Fort Romeau
Holy Fire Foals
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Georgia Swan Sundelles
Fragments of Kubelka Martina Kudlacek
Temet Imarhan
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh

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