Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Dolly Parton

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1. Dean's List 2023: Robert Christgau
2. Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau
Dolly Parton, Songteller
- 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
American Prison Shane Bauer
Here Robert Zemeckis
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Succession
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple

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