Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Those Who Knew

by Idra Novey

Lists

15 Best Books of 2018: O Magazine

Best Books of 2018: Bustle
50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018: Autostraddle

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
2025 Dublin Literary Award
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Holy Motors Leos Carax
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The BPM Sudan Archives
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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