Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Essential Essays

Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry

by Adrienne Rich

Appears on two lists

Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub
100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle Nonfiction

Trending Lists

Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead

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