Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Story of a New Name

by Elena Ferrante

Lists

The Best Books of the 2010s: Esquire

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Michael Phillips · Filmspotting
Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Adults
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Black Box
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Long Story Short
Silence Martin Scorsese
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang

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