Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Lists

Best Fiction Books of 2019: BookPage

15 Best Novels of 2019: Electric Lit
The 15 Best Books of 2019: Atlantic
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: BuzzFeed
100 Notable Books of 2019: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Getting Killed Geese
Good Living Is Coming For You Sweeping Promises
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Lurker Alex Russell
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Slow West John Maclean
Second Mansions Le Concorde

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