Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Booker Prize: 2026 Award
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Best Albums of 2024: Jon Pareles: New York Times And 15 more standouts, in alphabetical order

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2022 Esquire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 Esquire
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2026 Award The Mercury Prize

Trending Works

Diary of the Fall Michel Laub
Jeune Femme Léonor Serraille
Black Car Burning Helen Mort
Love and Summer William Trevor
Matterhorn Karl Marlantes
The Town with Matthew Belloni
Ducks Kate Beaton
Phantom Pain Wings Kim Hyesoon
Even the Dogs Jon McGregor
Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann
The Transmigration of Bodies Yuri Herrera
The Bee Sting Paul Murray
The Imposter Bart Layton
The Eternal Son Cristovão Tezza

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