Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
James Quandt: Artforum: Best Films of 2022
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The Wonder Paradox

Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives

by Jennifer Michael Hecht

Lists

10 Best Books of 2023: California Review of Books

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist

Trending Works

mbv My Bloody Valentine
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Run Away With A Wild And A Rare One Wave Generators
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy

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