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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Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture
Favorite Books of 2022: Barack Obama

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Buck Cindy Meehl
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold

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