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
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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1. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine

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Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Sly Thom Zimny
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones

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