Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Papyrus

The Invention of Books in the Ancient World

by Irene Vallejo

Lists

Best Books of 2022: Economist

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Second Mansions Le Concorde
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Getting Killed Geese
Slow West John Maclean
Lurker Alex Russell
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Prison Shane Bauer
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King

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