Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

by John C. McManus

Lists

20 Favorite New Books of 2021: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

A Small Light
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Glowing Man Swans
Beginners Mike Mills
Syncope Asiya Wadud
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
XXX Danny Brown
Pillion Harry Lighton
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman

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