Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Winnie the Pooh

by Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall

Lists

Best Films of 2011: Noel Murray: A.V. Club

Best Films of 2011: A.O. Scott: New York Times
Best Films of 2011: Karina Longworth: Village Voice

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Pluribus
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Getting Killed Geese
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Strange Hearts Secret Cities

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