Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Top Ten Films of 2022: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Follows David Robert Mitchell
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Pivot
Tiny Dinos
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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