Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
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Finding Me

by Viola Davis

Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Electronic Dream AraabMuzik
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
555/666/777 Los Angeles
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
American Eden Victoria Johnson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pianoon Limpe Fuchs
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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