Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Jonathan Swift

His Life and His World

by Leo Damrosch

Lists

Nonfiction 2014: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2024 Obscure Sound
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Tiny Empire Chatterton
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell
The Secret Gate Mitchell Zuckoff
Imperial Triumphant Goldstar
Seven Empty Houses Samanta Schweblin
Silver Bullets Joe Swanberg
I Love My Computer Ninajirachi
The Other Story Avi Nesher
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency Chen Chen
David Byrne's American Utopia Spike Lee
Run Me to Earth Paul Yoon
Palm Springs Max Barbakow
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen

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