Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Lidia Yuknavitch

Lists

Favorite Novels of 2022: Electric Lit
Best Fiction of 2022: Powell's Books
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022: Washington Post

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
On Falling Laura Carreira
Getting Killed Geese
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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