Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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You’ll Never Get to Heaven

Wave Your Moonlight Hat for the Snowfall Train
1. Albums of 2021: Gorilla vs. Bear
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1. 62 Favorite Albums of 2017: Gorilla vs. Bear
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1. 35 Favorite Albums of 2014: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Her Spike Jonze
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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