Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Girls Burn Brighter

by Shobha Rao

Lists

Best Books of 2018: Paste

Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub
2018 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness
100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Lights Out
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Only Dust Remains Backxwash
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Looper Rian Johnson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Mirage Colony N Chambers
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Babes Pamela Adlon
American Honey Andrea Arnold
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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