Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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by Ryka Aoki

Lists

Top 10 Books of 2021: New York Public Library
Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
A Seat at the Table Solange
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Suspicious Minds
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Paper Girl Beth Macy

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