Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room: Top Ten Films of 2025
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Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
1. The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste
Fragile Things
The View from the Cheap Seats
1. 16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2025 Matt Patches · Fighting in the War Room
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port
XXX Danny Brown
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
Tár Todd Field
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Flesh David Szalay
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Visions of Bodies Being Burned clipping.
Camila Camila Cabello
Happyend Neo Sora
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Ripley Steven Zaillian
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad

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