Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Best Books of 2021: Economist
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post

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The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
2020 Award The Booker Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin

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The End MC Hyland
The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
Slanting Towards the Sea Lidija Hilje
Lost Places Sarah Pinsker
Always Be My Maybe Nahnatchka Khan
Autumn Karl Ove Knausgaard
Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The Inheritors Eugenio Polgovsky
Autumn Nathaniel Dorsky
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Masterminds Jared Hess
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
Us Fools Nora Lange

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