Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Steven Rowley

The Editor
Lily and the Octopus
- 2016 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Brat Charli XCX
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Goat Girl Goat Girl
Predators David Osit
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard

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