Year-End Lists

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Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Barbara Kingsolver

Lists

15 Best Books of 2018: O Magazine

Best Fiction Reads of 2018: Christian Science Monitor
100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
The Spin Messa
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof

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