Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Favorite Books of 2019: Barack Obama And here's a reminder of books I recommended earlier this year

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Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve

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Quichotte Salman Rushdie
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand
Crossing Levan Akin
Churchill and Orwell Thomas E. Ricks
Vital Pursuits Evan Glasson
Caste Isabel Wilkerson
Near, At Jennifer Soong
Second Sunday
The Emily Dicknson Reader Paul Legault
The Chosen and the Beautiful Nghi Vo
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Kendrick Lamar
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Teach Me A Lesson
Self Care Leigh Stein

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