Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Chris Stapleton

Lists

20 Best Albums of 2023: Bria McNeal: Esquire
The 80 Best Albums of 2023: PopMatters

20 Best Album for 2023: Glide

Trending Lists

2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Her Spike Jonze
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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