Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert, editors

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Sex Education
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
More Pulp
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Parasomnia Dream Theater
By the Stream Hong Sang-soo
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Flashlight Susan Choi
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