Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Brittany Allen: Lit Hub: The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best Books of 2024: Book Riot

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders
Grime MC Jme
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Communion Park Jiha
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Harbingers
The Hunger Games Gary Ross
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls T Kira Madden
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Ocean Vuong
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
I'm Still Here Walter Salles

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