Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Blood at the Root

A Racial Cleansing in America

by Patrick Phillips

Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Library Journal

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
Top Ten Books of 2016: Chicago Public Library

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Movie Club 2025 Slate · Movie Club
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Projections Romare
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Detroit 2 Big Sean
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Long Story Short
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Blue Laws Kevin Young
Body Talk Robyn

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