Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Film Comment: Best Films of 2025
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Blue Laws

Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015

by Kevin Young

Lists

5 Best Poetry Collections of 2016: Elizabeth Lund: Washington Post
10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: David Orr: New York Times
Poetry 2016: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Dying for Sex
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
XXX Danny Brown
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Getting Killed Geese

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