Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Aces

Gold Star Baby
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
I've Loved You for So Long
1. 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Hanif Abdurraqib
When My Heart Felt Volcanic
1. Best Albums of 2018: Pretty Much Amazing

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Her Spike Jonze
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney

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