Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Michael Finkel

The Art Thief
- 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023: Washington Post
- The Best Books of 2023: Town & Country

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The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny

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