Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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My Bluegrass Heart

by Béla Fleck

Lists

20 Best Albums of 2021: Glide

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Slow West John Maclean
Getting Killed Geese
Lurker Alex Russell
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Second Mansions Le Concorde
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
American Prison Shane Bauer
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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