Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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Gary Younge

Another Day in the Death of America
- Best Nonfiction of 2016: Powell's Books
- 2016 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop

Trending Works

Fierce Poise Alexander Nemerov
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Way Too Much Superstar Crush
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hands In The Air! Told Not To Worry
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee

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