Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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1. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Sputnikmusic
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: The Skinny

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
American Eden Victoria Johnson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Lowdown
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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