Year-End Lists

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2023 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2022 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum
Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
13 Best Films of 2017 Artforum

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Classic Objects Jenny Hval
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
The Other Two
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
The Great Southern Darkness Glorior Belli
Liberation Day George Saunders
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
Either/Or Elif Batuman
On Body and Soul Ildikó Enyedi
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Hex Dealer Lip Critic
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu

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