Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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When I Was a Child, I Read Books

Essays

by Marilynne Robinson

Lists

Top 10 Books of 2012: Kathryn Schulz: New York

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Southernmost Leo Boix
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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