Year-End Lists

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Dublin Literary Award: 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The Secret Life of the American Musical
- Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl

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2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Alpha Julia Ducournau
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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