Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2026
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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#2 Best Films of 2025: Elhum Shakerifar: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2024 Christy Lemire · RogerEbert.com
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Albums of 2011 NME
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
Transcription Ben Lerner
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry
40 Sonnets Don Paterson
Hyena! Fran Lock
The Castle Jon Ronson
Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
Jutland Selima Hill
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy
Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Deep Lane Mark Doty

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