Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Dorothea Lasky

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Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012: Coldfront

7 Best Small-Press Poetry Books of 2012: Michael Robbins: Chicago Tribune
8 Best Poetry Books of 2012: Michael Andor Brodeur: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Favorite Books of 2025 Barack Obama
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Monsoon Hong Khaou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Urchin Harris Dickinson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Awake Jen Hatmaker
Tár Todd Field

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