Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
James Quandt: Artforum: Best Films of 2022
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
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The Best Books of 2025 Vox
The Best Books of 2024 Vox
The Very Best Books of 2023 Vox
16 Best Books of 2022 Vox
The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vox
The Best Books I Read in 2019 Vox

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
The 43
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Fierce Poise Alexander Nemerov
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon

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