Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The Dream Hotel

by Laila Lalami

Lists

The 15 Best Books of 2025: People

Fiction 2025: Women's Prize
The 17 Best Books of 2025 You Need to Read: Vanity Fair
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time
The Top 25 Books for 2025: Christian Science Monitor
The 35 Best Books of 2025: Adam Morgan: Esquire

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

American Eden Victoria Johnson
Common Side Effects
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Lowdown
American Prison Shane Bauer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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