Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Greatest Night in Pop

by Bao Nguyen

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The 12 Best Documentaries of 2024: Noel Murray: Polygon

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
10 Best Books of 2017 Washington Post
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2018 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

American Symphony Matthew Heineman
Spotlight: Snitch City
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Trust Hernan Diaz
Goldstar Imperial Triumphant
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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