Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best Films of 2022 Artforum
Best Films of 2021 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2019 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2018 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2017 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2016 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2015 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2014 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2013 Artforum
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Dublin Literary Award
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
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 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Getting Killed Geese
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Her Spike Jonze
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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