Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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by Liz Moore

Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Real Simple

The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle
Favorite Books of 2020: Barack Obama

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Civil War Alex Garland
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Summer is Gone Zhang Dalei
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Looper Rian Johnson
Beginners Mike Mills
From Ground Zero
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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