Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Refinery29

Best Poetry Books of 2020: Publishers Weekly
Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020: New York Public Library
The Best Books of 2020: Dan Kois: Slate
Favorite Poetry Collections of 2020: David Gutowski
Best Books of 2020: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan

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