Year-End Lists

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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On Juneteenth

by Annette Gordon-Reed

On Juneteenth - Annette Gordon-Reed

Lists

20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

The Best Books of 2021: Boston Globe
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
On Falling Laura Carreira
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic

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