Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Lists

The Best Movies of 2021 New York · Vulture
Top 10 Shows of 2020 New York · Vulture
The Best Movies of 2020 New York · Vulture
The Best TV Shows of 2019 New York · Vulture

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2024 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll

Trending Works

Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
The Room Between Us Denise Saul
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Jill Lepore
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
I You We Them Dan Gretton
This Vast Enterprise Craig Fehrman
In Her Nature Rachel Hewitt
The Death of King Arthur Simon Armitage (translator)
The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
Intifadas Edward Salem
Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet
Transcription Ben Lerner
The Harbingers

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