Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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

Trending Works

Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
The BPM Sudan Archives
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
XXX Danny Brown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Holy Motors Leos Carax
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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