Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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Why Nations Fail

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

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The 10 Best Books of 2012: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Them
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Rakshak Bloodywood
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Down Cemetery Road

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