Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best TV Shows of 2025: Inkoo Kang: New Yorker

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: TV Guide
The Best TV Shows of 2025: Alison Herman: Variety

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Lowdown
American Eden Victoria Johnson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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