Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Wrestling with the Devil

A Prison Memoir

by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Lists

Best Books of 2018: Entropy

Trending Lists

Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

All That Glitters Orlando Whitfield
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Electric Pet Shop Boys
Beau Is Afraid Ari Aster
Peki Momés Peki Momés
i,i Bon Iver
End Explosions in the Sky
Pater Alain Cavalier
Sipsworth Simon Van Booy
Everything Makes Me Sick Sex Scenes
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
There's a Monster Behind the Door Gaëlle Bélem

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