Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
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Peter L. Bergen

The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden
- The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Mary Ann Gwinn: Los Angeles Times
- Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
XXX Danny Brown
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Holy Motors Leos Carax
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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