Year-End Lists

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Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Oscar Wilde

A Life

by Matthew Sturgis

Appears on two lists

The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Mary Ann Gwinn: Los Angeles Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist

Trending Works

The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
127 Hours Danny Boyle
Brat Charli XCX
Non-Fiction Olivier Assayas
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Shiva Baby Emma Seligman
Andor
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground Chris Smith
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Puan María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat
Field Notes from the Flood Zone Heather Sellers
Mrs. Fletcher
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)

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