Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lucy by the Sea

by Elizabeth Strout

Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

Favorite Books of 2022: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
Favorite Novels of 2022: Electric Lit
Favorite Books of 2022: San Francisco Chronicle
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022: Washington Post
The Best Books of 2022: Entertainment Weekly
Ten Best Books of 2022: California Review of Books

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Getting Killed Geese
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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