Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Detroit City Is the Place to Be

The Afterlife of an American Metropolis

by Mark Binelli

Lists

10 Best Books of 2012: Publishers Weekly

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The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Succession
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman

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