Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Movies of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
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Soldiers and Kings

Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings - Jason De León

Lists

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
Nonfiction 2024: National Book Award
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2023 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
25 Best Films of 2013 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2024 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Land Ho! Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz
An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo
A Murder at the End of the World
Keyhole Guy Maddin
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Misinterpretation Ledia Xhoga
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Midnight Sky George Clooney
Commander Khawani Florent Marcie
Everything I Have Is Yours Eleanor Henderson
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
XXX Danny Brown
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
Get Millie Black

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