Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The 10 Best Books of 2015: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Top 10 Books of 2015: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2024 Loudwire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
50 Best Albums of 2013 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

In Front of Your Face Hong Sang-soo
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Ghost Story Fern Maddie
Getting Killed Geese
Amigo John Sayles
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Hitesh Kewalya
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez

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