Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
The Booker Prize: 2026 Award
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by Kate Stayman-London

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The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time

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Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
11 Best Books of 2015 Entertainment Weekly
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
10 Best TV Shows of 2017 Alison Herman · The Ringer
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
2026 Award The Booker Prize

Trending Works

A World Appears Michael Pollan
I Never Learn Lykke Li
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Islah Kevin Gates
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Good Times! The Monkees
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Horses Jake Skeets
Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe

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