Year-End Lists

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Top 15 films of 2014: Mike D’Angelo: The Dissolve
The 20 Best Movies of 2014: A.V. Club

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10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Succession
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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