Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
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Going Clear

Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

by Lawrence Wright

Lists

Top 10 Books of 2013: Washington Post
Nonfiction 2013: National Book Award
Top 10 Books of 2013: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Constellations for the Lonely Doves
Agenda Kate Nash
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
XXX Danny Brown
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson
Luck and Strange David Gilmour
Anora Sean Baker
Why Nothing Works Marc J. Dunkelman
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