Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Books of 2024 Vox
The Very Best Books of 2023 Vox
16 Best Books of 2022 Vox
The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vox
The Best Books I Read in 2019 Vox

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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