Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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by Edmund White

Lists

15 Best Fiction Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2015 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Buck Cindy Meehl
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Horse Money Pedro Costa
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara

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