Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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MJ Franklin: Favorite Books of 2025
New York Public Library: Best Books for Adults 2025
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
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1. The 13 Best Books of 2018: Harper’s Bazaar
2. Best Books of 2018: Entropy
- Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Favorite Books of 2025 Barack Obama
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Monsoon Hong Khaou
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Awake Jen Hatmaker
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Tár Todd Field
Urchin Harris Dickinson

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