Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 20 Books of 2016: Sarah Begley: Time

100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2011 A.O. Scott · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Poetry of 2019 Library Journal
15 Best Novels of 2019 Electric Lit
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Nicole Brenez · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Sirens
A Complete Unknown James Mangold
Deep State Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
NDN Coping Mechanisms Billy-Ray Belcourt
If Not To Give A Fantasy kilbourne
Gen V
XXX Danny Brown
Cunningham Bird Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird
The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci
Disobedience Sebastián Lelio
Mob Psycho 100
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Silo
Tori and Lokita Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

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