Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Carey Williams

Lists

My Favorite Movies of 2022: Sean Fennessey

Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
Top Ten Films of 2022: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Hit Man Richard Linklater
Fargo
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols
Severance
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
Empty Netters
GNX Kendrick Lamar

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