Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2023
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Country Driving

A Chinese Road Trip

by Peter Hessler

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The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub

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

Trending Works

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

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