Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2024
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by Maïmouna Doucouré

Lists

The Best Films of 2020: Beatrice Loayza: A.V. Club
The Best Movies of 2020: Richard Brody: New Yorker

The Best Films of 2020: Candice Frederick: Harper’s Bazaar
The Best Films of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Outsiders Eric Church
Old Danny Brown
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
Liberation Day George Saunders
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu
Antidepressants Suede
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Classic Objects Jenny Hval

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