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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Shondaland
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time
100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Eddington Ari Aster
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be Nichole Perkins
Feu Nekfeu
Fear of a Black Universe Stephon Alexander
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Resurrection Bi Gan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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