Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
The Center for Fiction: 2025 First Novel Prize
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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The Divers' Game
- The Best Books of 2019: Katy Waldman: New Yorker
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The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Best Films of 2017 Michael Nordine · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Best Fiction of 2026 Goldsmiths Prize
2026 First Novel Prize The Center for Fiction

Trending Works

Kibogo Scholastique Mukasonga
The Great Glass Sea Josh Weil
The Fantasies of Future Things Doug Jones
Blow Yourself Up Ankur Thakkar
Fall Back Down When I Die Joe Wilkins
Saint Monkey Jacinda Townsend
The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford Nafissa Thompson-Spires
The History of Living Forever Jake Wolff
What Am I, A Deer? Polly Barton
Ruins, Child Giada Scodellaro
A Real Animal Emeline Atwood
Kitten Stacey Yu
The Rouse China Miéville
The Next Time You See Me Holly Goddard Jones

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