Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2026
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Olympic Mess

by Helm

Appears on four lists

14 Top 100 Albums of 2015: Quietus
18 50 Best Albums of 2015: Fact
20 Top 50 Albums of 2015: The Wire

89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones wow / so good

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times

Trending Works

A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Catastrophe
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
The Monsanto Years Neil Young & Promise of the Real
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Libby Lost and Found Stephanie Booth
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead

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