Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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Brave

by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Lists

Top 30 Films of 2012: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register
25 Favorite Films of 2012: A.O. Scott: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Strange Hearts Secret Cities
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Her Spike Jonze

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