Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Téa Obreht

Lists

Best Fiction Books of 2019: BookPage

2020 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Literary Fiction of 2019: Library Journal
Favorite Books of 2019: Barack Obama
The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Common Side Effects
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Lowdown
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
American Prison Shane Bauer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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