Year-End Lists
A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
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David Ehrlich
:
The 25 Best Films of 2025
Benjamin Schwarz: Atlantic
:
Books of the Year 2011
Adrian Martin: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
:
Best Films of 2016
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2021 Books
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 2021 Best Books
13 December 2021
Maureen Corrigan
:
2021 Best Books
, as aired on
NPR
’s
Fresh Air
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Also from
NPR
in 2021:
Music
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
Light Perpetual
Francis Spufford
Matrix
Lauren Groff
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
Afterparties
Anthony Veasna So
My Monticello
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Skinship
Yoon Choi
Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout
We Run the Tides
Vendela Vida
