Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
New York Public Library: Best Books for Adults 2025
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Ry Cooder

The Prodigal Son
- Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression
Election Special
1. 75 Best Albums of 2012: Uncut

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Favorite Books of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post

Trending Works

Urchin Harris Dickinson
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Boom Town Sam Anderson
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Bent by Nature
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Submit X Gesloten Cirkel
Tár Todd Field
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Soi Cheang

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