Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Shackleton

Departing Like Rivers
1. Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus
Freezing Opening Thawing
1. Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire
The Drawbar Organ EP
1. Top 10 Albums of 2012: Little White Earbuds
Music for the Quiet Hour
The Drawbar Organ/Music for the Quiet Hour
- 40 Best Albums of 2012: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Zbig Edward Luce
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Her Spike Jonze

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