Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Islands of Abandonment

Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape

by Cal Flyn

Lists

The 14 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Succession
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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