Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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How Far the Light Reaches

A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

by Sabrina Imbler

Lists

The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022: Annabel Gutterman: Time

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022: Electric Lit
The 12 Best Books of 2022: Wired
39 Best Books of 2022: Vanity Fair
2022 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Adults
Common Side Effects
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

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