Year-End Lists

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Dublin Literary Award: 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Her Spike Jonze
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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