Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

by Sydney Padua

Lists

15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova

2015 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

False Dawn George Selgin
All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade Of Monsters and Men
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
Monkey Man Dev Patel
Nope Jordan Peele
The Pachinko Parlour Elisa Shua Dusapin
The CIA Book Club Charlie English
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Weapons Zach Cregger
Resurrection Bi Gan

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