Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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A Long Petal of the Sea

by Isabel Allende

Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple

The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle
The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Spotlight: Snitch City
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Adam Curtis
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes

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