Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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by Francesca Marciano

Lists

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Middle Jesse Welles
hexed! aya
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Let's Rock The Black Keys
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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