Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2023: Guardian

Best Films of 2023: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
Top 10 Films of 2022: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Succession
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
American Eden Victoria Johnson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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