Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Polaris Music Prize: 2026 Award
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VII
- Favorite Music of 2020: Dennis Cooper
The Pyre: versions distilled to stereo
- Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones
V
- 10 75 Favorite Albums of 2012: Quietus

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Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2026 Award Polaris Music Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Big Time Adolescence Jason Orley
Purpose Justin Bieber
If Books Could Kill
The Road From Memphis Booker T. Jones
Sun Leads Me On Half Moon Run
Trashed Derf Backderf
Ida Pawel Pawlikowski
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On Franny Choi
Tokyo Vice
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Metro Boomin
Pure Comedy Father John Misty
Fairy Tale Stephen King
Shapeshifter IAN SWEET
The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher

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