Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed
Best Books of 2018: Time
Best Books of 2018: Entropy
10 Best Books of 2018: Christian Lorentzen: New York: Vulture
Best Books of 2018: Paste

20 Best Books of 2018: Boston.com
10 Best Books of 2018: Publishers Weekly
2018 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness
100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Seer Swans
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie

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