Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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American Cocktail

A “Colored Girl” in the World

by Anita Reynolds

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2014: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Her Spike Jonze
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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