Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Arthur Harari
Bugland No Joy
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Tom Lake Ann Patchett
The History of Money David McWilliams
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Rotting in the Sun Sebastián Silva
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Last Rotation of Earth BC Camplight
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Orient Nicholas Gulig
Rituals Watchhouse
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy

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