Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Must-Read Poetry Books of 2025: Time
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
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
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Common Side Effects
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna

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