Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2018: Entropy
Best Fiction Of 2018: Claire Fallon: HuffPost
Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

20 Best Books of 2018: Boston.com
100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times
Best Books Of 2018: Kristin Iversen: Nylon
Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Magdalene FKA twigs
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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