Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2026
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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The Pole and Other Stories

by J.M. Coetzee

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Best Fiction of 2023: Financial Times

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The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Albums of 2011 NME
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
10 Best Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly

Trending Works

The Harbingers
This Vast Enterprise Craig Fehrman
Be Easy Adrian Matejka
MITH Lonnie Holley
The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
Intifadas Edward Salem
Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
The Castle Jon Ronson
Spotlight: Snitch City
In Her Nature Rachel Hewitt
Transcription Ben Lerner
I You We Them Dan Gretton
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Jill Lepore

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