Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2018: Paste

2018 Award: The Booker Prize
Best Books of 2018: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
Favorite Books of 2018: Barack Obama
100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Getting Killed Geese
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev

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