Year-End Lists

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture
The 10 Best Books of 2022: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune

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Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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