Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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Manifesto

On Never Giving Up

by Bernardine Evaristo

Lists

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Adults
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Nomadland Chloé Zhao
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
James Percival Everett
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud

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