Year-End Lists

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50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Ends of the Earth Neil Shubin
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Follows David Robert Mitchell

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