Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Invention of Glass

by Emmanuel Hocquard (translated by Cole Swenson and Rod Smith)

Lists

16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012: Dennis Cooper

Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012: Frontier Psychiatrist

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Albums of the Year 2024 Dork
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top Music Albums of 2019 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
The Spin Messa
Raven Kelela
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni

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