Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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Lists

20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
20 Favorite New Books of 2021: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Favorite Books of 2021: Barack Obama
Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews
40 Best Books of 2021: Parade Magazine

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Fingernails Christos Nikou
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Oracle Cate Marvin
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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