Year-End Lists

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100 Notable Books of 2023: New York Times: New York Times

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
Mania Hamza
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap

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