Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Truly, Madly

Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century

by Stephen Galloway

Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022: Washington Post

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Movies of 2015 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story Rachel Hewitt
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
Le Kov Gwenno
Hunting Season Home Is Where
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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