Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Midnight Rising

John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

by Tony Horwitz

Lists

Ten Best Books of 2011: Library Journal

100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Look Back Kiyotaka Oshiyama
The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Loop Brenda Lozano
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Beethoven: Sonatas 4, 5 & 7 Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson
Gentle Grip Public Practice
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
How the Word Is Passed Clint Smith
Bird Andrea Arnold

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