Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Gertrude Stein

An Afterlife

by Francesca Wade

Lists

Best Books of 2025: Martin Chilton: Independent

The 10 Best Books of 2025: Washington Post
10 Favorite Books of 2025: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Poetry Books of 2024 Elisa Gabbert · New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
I Only Rest in the Storm Pedro Pinho
Dexter: Resurrection
XXX Danny Brown
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Peak Human Johan Norberg
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
The Card Counter Paul Schrader
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Body High Lucki Eck$
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Sport Powell

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