Year-End Lists

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Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2024: No Ripcord
Favorite Albums of 2024: Grace Robins-Somerville
The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Treble
UK Albums of the Year 2024: Rough Trade

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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Brooklyn Vegan
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Best Books of 2019 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
10 of the Best Books of 2024 Christopher Borrelli · Chicago Tribune
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Simone Felice Simone Felice
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
The world within our bedrooms Drug Store Romeos
Eusexua FKA twigs
The Cathedral Ricky D'Ambrose
Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here Friko
Sore Thumb Oso Oso
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Stranger Fruit Zeal & Ardor
Writers & Lovers Lily King
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]

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