Year-End Lists

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Wrestling With His Angel

The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, 1849-1856

by Sidney Blumenthal

Lists

36 Best Books of 2017: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Vida
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Thresholder Ian William Craig
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Shrouds David Cronenberg

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