Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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Best Shows That Ended in 2021: Margaret Lyons: New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2019: Emily Nussbaum: New Yorker
My Not-Top-Ten Television List: Emily Nussbaum: New Yorker
16 Best TV Shows of 2017: Lara Zarum: Village Voice

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Her Spike Jonze
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri

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