Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Damage and Joy

by The Jesus and Mary Chain

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Best Albums of 2017: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hi Texas
Slow West John Maclean
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
I Swear Kirk Jones
American Crime Story
Second Mansions Le Concorde
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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