Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2026
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Christian Scott

Diaspora
- 4 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
Ruler Rebel
- 4 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
The Emancipation Procrastination
- 4 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
Stretch Music (Introducing Elena Pinderhughes)
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
Christian aTunde Adjuah
- 25 50 Best Albums of 2012: AllMusic

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Horses Jake Skeets
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard

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