Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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September 5

by Tim Fehlbaum

Lists

25 Best Movies of 2024: Consequence
The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Guardian
Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey

The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
The Best Movies of 2024: Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal
Top Ten Films of 2024: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Resurrection Bi Gan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Her Spike Jonze
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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