Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Movies of 2023
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The Light of the World

A Memoir

by Elizabeth Alexander

Lists

15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova

2015 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness
11 Best Books of 2015: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

Trending Lists

The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Run Away With A Wild And A Rare One Wave Generators
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Mania Hamza
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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