Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Los Angeles Times: The 15 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 15 Best Books of 2025 Los Angeles Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Jasmine Vojdani · New York · Vulture
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Eusexua FKA twigs
Like a Ribbon John Glacier
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Life After Reid Davenport
Suspended Time Olivier Assayas
Long Story Short
Death by Lightning
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave

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