Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

Fiction 2022: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Motherland Julia Ioffe
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Zbig Edward Luce
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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