Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
National Book Award: Fiction 2026
Women's Prize: Fiction 2026
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The American Barbecue Showdown

Appears on two lists

The Best TV Shows of 2020: Doreen St. Félix: New Yorker
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2020: Atlantic Also noteworthy

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Horses Jake Skeets
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Mohammad Rasoulof
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard

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