Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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James Merrill

A Whole World
- 100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
The Book of Ephraim
- 9 Best Books of Poetry in 2018: Meghan O'Rourke: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2020 The Wire

Trending Works

Look Back Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Ology Gallant
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Gentle Grip Public Practice
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Cody Joyce Manor
How the Word Is Passed Clint Smith
The Power In Us Poppy Ajudha
Bird Andrea Arnold
Loop Brenda Lozano
XXX Danny Brown
Island of Wings Karin Altenberg
All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies

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