Year-End Lists

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
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Gold Star Baby
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
I've Loved You for So Long
1. 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Hanif Abdurraqib
When My Heart Felt Volcanic
1. Best Albums of 2018: Pretty Much Amazing

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
Either/Or Elif Batuman
The Other Two
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
Classic Objects Jenny Hval
Hex Dealer Lip Critic
The Great Southern Darkness Glorior Belli
Liberation Day George Saunders
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
Pina Wim Wenders
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy

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