Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2024
Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
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1. 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Library Journal
2. 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Rakshak Bloodywood
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Them
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
Down Cemetery Road
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy

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