Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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1. Top 25 Books of 2019: Hyperallergic
- 10 Best Books of 2019: Publishers Weekly
- 100 Notable Books of 2019: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2011 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024 Them
The Best Movies of 2021 Joe Morgenstern · Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post

Trending Works

Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
Information Desk Robyn Schiff
Past Lives Celine Song
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Terri Azazel Jacobs
Big Dreams, Mister Good Luck
All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
The Old Ways Christopher Alender

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