Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Strangers and Cousins

by Leah Hager Cohen

Lists

Best Books of 2019: Washington Post

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
We the People Jill Lepore
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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