Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The Emperor of Water Clocks
- 5 Best Poetry Collections of 2015: Elizabeth Lund: Washington Post

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Kingdom: Exodus Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland
Getting Killed Geese
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Barton Hollow The Civil Wars
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Bird Andrea Arnold
Like a Ribbon John Glacier
Andor
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
Life After Reid Davenport
Eusexua FKA twigs

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