Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
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Don’t Go Back to Sleep
- 12 Favorite Films of 2015: Dennis Cooper
Stand in the Stream
- 13 16 Favorite Films of 2012: Dennis Cooper

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times

Trending Works

Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Paradise Slow Club
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Catastrophe
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
A World Appears Michael Pollan

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