Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2026
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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- 50 Favorite Albums of 2012: NPR: NPR Music

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100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times
31 Best Fiction Books of 2017 Guardian
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times

Trending Works

Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Catastrophe
Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking C.T. Salazar
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Paradise Slow Club
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Journey of the Shadows Yves Netzhammer

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