Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2021
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

Lists

Ten Best Books of 2011: Library Journal

100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Bottoms Emma Seligman
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
More Pulp
Sex Education
Foretold
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Parasomnia Dream Theater
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Flashlight Susan Choi
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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