Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Intermezzo
1. Best 10 Books of 2024: Lizz Schumer: People
2. Best Books of 2024: Passerby
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Normal People
Conversations with Friends

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Lowdown
American Prison Shane Bauer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Common Side Effects
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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