Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Papyrus

The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

by Irene Vallejo

Lists

Best Books of 2022: Economist

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe

Trending Works

The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Dying for Sex
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Maffia
Tonight in Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin
Alpha Julia Ducournau
XXX Danny Brown
Health and Safety Emily Witt
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves
Getting Killed Geese
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Kiff

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