Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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1. The Best Movies of 2020: Nick Schager: Esquire
2. My Favorite Movies of 2020: Sean Fennessey

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
Tiny Dinos
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Dolly Parton's America
Pivot
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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