Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Them: The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025
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New Statesman: Albums of the Year 2025

02 January 2026

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny

New Statesman: Albums of the Year 2025

[see also 2021]

Virgin

Lorde
Euro-Country

CMAT
Man's Best Friend

Sabrina Carpenter
Getting Killed

Geese
The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift
West End Girl

Lily Allen
People Watching

Sam Fender
GNX

Kendrick Lamar
AR

Addison Rae
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Bad Bunny

Trending Lists

The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 Them
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018 No Depression
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Hereditary Ari Aster
Sport Powell
Seasons of Your Day Mazzy Star
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
I Loved You at Your Darkest Behemoth
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Palomino First Aid Kit
Boom Town Sam Anderson
1000 Forms of Fear Sia
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Red Taylor Swift
Live at Wembley Stadium, 7/25/25 (Live Bootleg) Oasis

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