Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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How to Dress Well

The Anteroom
1. The Best Albums of 2018: The Line of Best Fit
Care
1. Top 30 Albums of 2016: The Wild Honey Pie
“What Is This Heart?”
Total Loss

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
I Swear Kirk Jones
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Slow West John Maclean
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Second Mansions Le Concorde
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