Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
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Hard Times Are Relative

by Jason Boland & The Stragglers

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Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression

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The 50 Best Albums of 2022 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Nightingale Jennifer Kent
Ghost Stories The Whitmore Sisters
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
MS Slavic 7 Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
東方不敗 Tzusing
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
Asking for a Ride White Reaper
What They Had Elizabeth Chomko
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
House of the Seasons Jung Min Oh
House of Holes Nicholson Baker
The Line Is A Curve Kae Tempest

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