Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
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How to Read the Air

by Dinaw Mengestu

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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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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian

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A World Appears Michael Pollan
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Catastrophe
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Paradise Slow Club
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer

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