Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Gayl Jones

The Birdcatcher
1. Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily
- 10 Best Books of 2022: Publishers Weekly
- Fiction 2022: National Book Award
Palmares
Corregidora
- The Best Books We Read in 2020: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
KICK ii Arca
Vortex Gaspar Noé
In Heaven Mr Twin Sister
XXX Danny Brown
Hyperyouth Joey Valence & Brae
Songs from Big Pleasant Big Pleasant
Bite Me Reneé Rapp
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
Forever Howlong Black Country, New Road
KicK iii Arca
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
Dept. Q

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