Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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The Gene

An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Library Journal
The 20 Best Books of 2016: Entertainment Weekly

100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle
The 10 Best Books of 2016: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Motherland Julia Ioffe
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Resurrection Bi Gan

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