Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best Films of 2023: David Sims: Atlantic

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Succession
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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