Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New York Public Library: Best Books for Adults 2025
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by Chuck Johnson

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75 Best Albums of 2017: Uncut

Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Fly
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Bone Valley
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney
A United Kingdom Amma Asante
Left-Handed Girl Shih-Ching Tsou
A Very English Scandal
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Interview with the Vampire
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Fucktoys Annapurna Sriram
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)

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