Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Dazed: The Best Novels of 2023

19 January 2024

The Fraud - Zadie Smith

Dazed: The Best Novels of 2023

Book lists in other years: 2025 · 2024 · 2023

Also from Dazed in 2023: Movies · Music

Brainwyrms

Alison Rumfitt
Penance

Eliza Clark
The Fraud

Zadie Smith
Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton
The Bee Sting

Paul Murray
Yellowface

R.F. Kuang
The List

Yomi Adegoke
The Guest

Emma Cline
Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 18 Best Novels of 2024 Sunday Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Headlights Alex G
Strike a Match SACRED PAWS
Underneath the Pine Toro y Moi
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride
This Is a War, Baby Yuri Pupyrin
RRR S.S. Rajamouli
My Phantoms Gwendoline Riley
Afire Christian Petzold
Chip War Chris Miller
Agatha All Along
EO Jerzy Skolimowski
The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg
Floating Features La Luz
All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh

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