Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
New York Post: The 30 Best Books of 2025
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Philip Pullman

The Book of Dust
- The Best Books I Read in 2019: Constance Grady: Vox
Daemon Voices
- 10 Best Books of 2018: Laura Miller: Slate
The Book of Dust
- 10 Favorite Books of 2017: Katy Waldman: Slate
- 24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club
Grimm Tales
- 11 Best Books of 2012: Economist

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
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 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post

Trending Works

The End MC Hyland
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
mbv My Bloody Valentine
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Mania Hamza
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner

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