Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Barren Island

by Carol Zoref

Lists

Fiction 2017: National Book Award

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Oracle Cate Marvin
Liars Sarah Manguso
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Fingernails Christos Nikou
The Sunshine Place
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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