Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic

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Best Films of 2021 Robert Koehler · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Best Films of 2017 Michael Nordine · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
A Real Animal Emeline Atwood
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil
The Rouse China Miéville
What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones
Fall Back Down When I Die Joe Wilkins
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
Kibogo Scholastique Mukasonga
Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
Kitten Stacey Yu
The Fantasies of Future Things Doug Jones

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