Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Origin Story

The Trials of Charles Darwin

by Howard Markel

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The Best Books of 2024: Economist

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Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture

Trending Works

Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
A Shining Jon Fosse
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Breathe Mélanie Laurent
Legion
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
The Good Mothers
I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger

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