Year-End Lists

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Brave

by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

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

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Albums of 2021 Dork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Flesh David Szalay
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine
Return to Seoul Davy Chou
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Burning Lee Chang-dong
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Melancholia Lars von Trier
Visions of Bodies Being Burned clipping.
Happyend Neo Sora
Ripley Steven Zaillian
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad

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