Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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National Book Award: Poetry 2026
The Booker Prize: 2026 Award
James Poniewozik: New York Times: Best TV Shows of 2025
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22 Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
11 Best Books of 2015 Entertainment Weekly
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Poetry 2026 National Book Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

A World Appears Michael Pollan
Horses Jake Skeets
Good Times! The Monkees
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Defiance Loubna Mrie
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
I Never Learn Lykke Li
Islah Kevin Gates
Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow

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