Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Scattered Snows, to the North
Then the War
- The Best Books of 2022: New York: Vulture
Pale Colors in a Tall Field
- Best Poetry Collections of 2020: Troy Jollimore: Washington Post
Wild Is the Wind
- Best Poetry Books of 2017: Verso Books
- The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub
Reconnaissance
1. 16 Best Poetry Books of 2015: BuzzFeed

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Liars Sarah Manguso
Oracle Cate Marvin
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Sly Thom Zimny
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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