Year-End Lists

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The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar
Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023: Vanity Fair

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The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo

Trending Works

Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
The Great Southern Darkness Glorior Belli
Classic Objects Jenny Hval
The Other Two
Prey Dan Trachtenberg
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
Either/Or Elif Batuman
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Liberation Day George Saunders
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons

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