Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Electric Lit: Best Poetry Collections of 2025
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab

Lists

The 15 Best Books of 2025: People
Best Books of 2025: USA Today

Best Books of 2025: Book Riot
100 Notable Books of 2025: New York Times: New York Times
The 20 Best Books of 2025: Town & Country
2025 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

Best Poetry Collections of 2025 Electric Lit
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Poetry Books of 2024 Elisa Gabbert · New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

NDN Coping Mechanisms Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Card Counter Paul Schrader
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Body High Lucki Eck$
Sex Education
Deadwood: The Movie Daniel Minahan
Peak Human Johan Norberg
Sport Powell
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Dexter: Resurrection
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Assisted Living Nikanor Teratologen

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