Year-End Lists

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Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Favorite Books of 2022: Salon

Best Nonfiction of 2022: BookPage
Favorite Books of 2022: San Francisco Chronicle
2022 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2011 Cokemachineglow
Top Ten Films of 2021 Josh Larsen
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Raven Kelela
The Spin Messa
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez

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