Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Stronger Than the Truth

by Reba McEntire

Lists

Top 25 Albums of 2019: American Songwriter

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Second Mansions Le Concorde
Hi Texas
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
I Swear Kirk Jones
Slow West John Maclean
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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