Year-End Lists

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The 10 Best Albums of 2024: Mesfin Fekadu: Hollywood Reporter

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The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Paddington 2 Paul King
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
American Prison Shane Bauer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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