Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
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The Girl with the Needle
- Best Films of 2024: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
- Favorite Films from 2024: Saige Walton

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Thresholder Ian William Craig
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Soi Cheang
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Tár Todd Field
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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