Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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In Search of Water on the High Plains

by Lucas Bessire

Lists

Nonfiction 2021: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron
Insecure Men Insecure Men
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Utopia Björk
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Bottle It In Kurt Vile

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