Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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Stray Dolls
- Favorite Films by Women in 2019: Kimber Myers

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Buck Cindy Meehl
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara

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