Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Locking Up Our Own

Crime and Punishment in Black America

by James Forman Jr.

Lists

10 Best Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times
Nonfiction 2017: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland

Trending Works

Horse Money Pedro Costa
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
RRR S.S. Rajamouli
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Looper Rian Johnson
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund
A Shining Jon Fosse
Babes Pamela Adlon
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Mill and the Cross Lech Majewski

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