Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
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Works & Days

by Bernadette Mayer

Lists

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: David Orr: New York Times
4 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Michael Robbins: Chicago Tribune

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
The Sunshine Place
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Oracle Cate Marvin
Clean Slate
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker

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