Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Black Curse

Burning in Celestial Poison
1. Top 40 Albums of 2024: Decibel
Endless Wound
1. Albums of the Year 2020: Quietus

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Getting Killed Geese
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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