Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Get Out Jordan Peele
Hey Country Queen Mackenzie Carpenter
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
CODA Sian Heder
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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