Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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by Kasi Lemmons

Lists

10 Best Films of 2020: Cassie da Costa: Artforum

Top Films of 2019: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register
The Best Movies of 2019: Richard Brody: New Yorker

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Getting Killed Geese
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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