Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Bone of the Bone
- Best Nonfiction of 2024: Electric Lit
She Come By It Natural
- The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
Heartland
1. Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Renaissance Beyoncé
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Western Valeska Grisebach
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel
American Crime Story

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