Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone: Top 20 Movies of 2020
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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Top 10 Books of 2021 KCRW
Best Books of 2019 KCRW

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Top 20 Movies of 2020 K. Austin Collins · Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Love in Exile Shon Faye
The Gossip Columnist's Daughter Peter Orner
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
Frighten the Horses Oliver Radclyffe
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Happy Hearts Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Mania Hamza
George F. Kennan John Lewis Gaddis
From Florida's Finest Sailorr
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Homosapien Nightshift

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