Year-End Lists

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Jerald Walker

How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
- Nonfiction 2020: National Book Award

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The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023 Annabel Gutterman · Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019 Time
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Ice Road Jonathan Hensleigh
Road Alice Cooper
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The History of Money David McWilliams
Anora Sean Baker
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
National Average Big Special
Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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