Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The Fire of Joy

Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud

by Clive James

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Best Poetry Books of 2020: Guardian

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
Down Cemetery Road
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Them
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Rakshak Bloodywood
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary

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