Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Gary Younge

Another Day in the Death of America
- Best Nonfiction of 2016: Powell's Books
- 2016 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Her Spike Jonze
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney

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