Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Sunday Times: The 18 Best Novels of 2024
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. 20 Best Films of 2012: Matt Singer: IndieWire
- Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 18 Best Novels of 2024 Sunday Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
25 Best Films of 2012 L Magazine
The 50 Best Movies of 2022 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

No Exit Damien Power
Ema the Captive César Aira
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
XXX Danny Brown
Arrival Jóhann Jóhannsson
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
Mines Menomena
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
There’s A Nightclub Inside My Head Boston Bun
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Brat Charli XCX
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov

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