Year-End Lists

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
NPR: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011
Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
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Absolution

by Alice McDermott

Absolution - Alice McDermott

Appears on seven lists

Best Novels of 2023: Oprah Daily
The 20 Best Books of 2023: Esquire

Fiction 2024: PEN/Faulkner Award
Five Best Fiction Works of 2023: Bethanne Patrick: Los Angeles Times
Top 10 Books of 2023: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
Top 10 Books of 2023: Chicago Public Library
The Best Books of 2023: Vogue

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Pitchfork
50 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music
10 Best Films of 2018 Mark Kermode · Observer
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2017 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Nana Jean Renoir
Beans On Toast With Pythagoras One More Grain
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Blackstar David Bowie
The Misandrists Bruce La Bruce
Floating Features La Luz
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Killjoys
Stitches Califone
A Very English Scandal
Dedicated To Bobby Jameson Ariel Pink
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
What an Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman
As You Were Liam Gallagher

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