Year-End Lists

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
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2020

by Eliza Gilkyson

Lists

Top 20 of 2020: Folk Alley

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Films of 2013 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Highwomen The Highwomen
Dirt Bill Buford
Open Close Sam Prekop
The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgaard
1974 Francine Prose
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
Eddington Ari Aster
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
Adolescence
The Last Kilo T.J. English
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Flesh and Code
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson

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