Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
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The Love That Remains

by Hlynur Pálmason

Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage

The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
Best Films of 2025: Benoit Rouilly

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Pianoon Limpe Fuchs
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Electronic Dream AraabMuzik
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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