Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2022: Passerby

Best Books of 2022: Traci Thomas: The Stacks Podcast
Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

American Prison Shane Bauer
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Succession
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman

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