Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Post: The 30 Best Books of 2025
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The Wide Wide Sea
On Desperate Ground
- 10 Best Books of 2018: Washington Post
- Best Nonfiction of 2018: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
The Gossip Columnist's Daughter Peter Orner
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Fierce Poise Alexander Nemerov
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin

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