Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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by Morgan Talty

Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
The Best Books of 2024: Economist
12 Novels That NPR Critics and Staff Were Excited to Share with You in 2024: NPR
The 44 Best Books of 2024: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Second Mansions Le Concorde
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Hi Texas
Boom Town Sam Anderson
I Swear Kirk Jones
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Slow West John Maclean

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