Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012
Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The Forbidden Garden

The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice

by Simon Parkin

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The Best Books of 2024: Economist

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2012 L Magazine
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take

Trending Works

You Private Person Richard Chiem
The Americans
Robert Ellis Robert Ellis
The Lost Man Jane Harper
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
Amandaland
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
IV BADBADNOTGOOD
There’s A Nightclub Inside My Head Boston Bun
Trágame Tierra Big Black Delta
Getting Killed Geese
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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