Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Lists

Fiction 2022: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2022: Laura Miller: Slate

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Her Spike Jonze
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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