Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction: BookPage

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
Nonfiction 2020: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade The Playlist
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Getting Killed Geese
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
hexed! aya
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
Boom Town Sam Anderson
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Looper Rian Johnson
From Ground Zero
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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