Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2017
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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- Best Films of 2020: Nicole Brenez: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Nonfiction of 2022 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
The Animal Kingdom Thomas Cailley
Ad Astra James Gray
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
東方不敗 Tzusing
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You Marcelo Gomes and Karim Aïnouz
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Cosmos Andrzej Zulawski
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
Ghost Stories The Whitmore Sisters

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