Year-End Lists

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Women's Prize: Fiction 2014
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016
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Ready Player Two

by Ernest Cline

Appears on two lists

The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020: Washington Post

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2017 Award The Booker Prize
The Best Books of 2020 Thrillist
Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books
The Best TV Shows of 2022 The Ringer
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
Fiction 2014 Women's Prize
50 Best Albums of 2015 Fact

Trending Works

Southbound Anjali Enjeti
Marigold James Hershberg
Gag Order Kesha
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
Faithful Man Lee Fields
Coming Apart Body/Head
Gloss Drop Battles
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
April Sara Nicholson
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Patch the Sky Bob Mould
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker

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