Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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by Jennifer Castle

Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2011: Robert Everett-Green: Globe and Mail

Top 10 Albums of 2011: Richard Trapunski: NOW

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
The BPM Sudan Archives
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Holy Motors Leos Carax
XXX Danny Brown
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt

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