Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Rising Star

The Making of Barack Obama

by David Garrow

Lists

10 Best Books of 2017: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Trust Hernan Diaz
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Bird Andrea Arnold
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
On A Mission Katy B
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Adults
So True with Caleb Hearon

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