Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Guardian: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025
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The Vanity Fair Diaries

1983 – 1992

by Tina Brown

Appears on two lists

10 Top 20 Books of 2017: Time Nonfiction
19 45 Best Books of 2017: Paste Nonfiction

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Our Time Carlos Reygadas
Higher Chris Stapleton
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
I Never Learn Lykke Li
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Horses Jake Skeets

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