Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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- Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: Dennis Cooper
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- Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018: Dennis Cooper
Flamingos
- 52 Favorite Books of 2016: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Motherland Julia Ioffe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Zbig Edward Luce
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst

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