Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Best Books of 2025
Best Books of 2024
12 of the Best Poetry Collections from 2023 Connie Pan
Best Books of 2023
10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022 Connie Pan
Best Poetry of 2018
Best Books of 2017

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Paddington 2 Paul King
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
American Prison Shane Bauer
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer

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