Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Annabel Gutterman: Time: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
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The Aristocracy of Talent

How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

by Adrian Wooldridge

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Best Books of 2021: New Statesman

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The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 Annabel Gutterman · Time
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Paste
Top 10 Films of 2013 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best TV Shows of 2023 Judy Berman · Time
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Slant
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post

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Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Saturation Brockhampton
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Compassion Forest Swords
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Kontinental '25 Radu Jude
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze
I Forgot! Eduardo Williams
Bum Cheveu
The Salesman Asghar Farhadi
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher McQuarrie

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