Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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by Nikky Finney

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The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
A Man on the Inside
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Get Out Jordan Peele
CODA Sian Heder

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