Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Remi Wolf

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Albums of the Year 2024: Dork
Albums of the Year 2024: DIY
The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Slant
The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Consequence
The Best Albums of 2024: The Forty-Five
The 35 Best Albums of 2024: Riff
Best Albums of 2024: Billboard
50 Best Albums of 2024: Exclaim

The 12 Best Queer Albums of 2024: Tima: Autostraddle
The 36 Best Albums of 2024: Vogue
The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of the 2010s Jonathan Rosenbaum
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the 2010s Lit Hub
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Oblivion Alice Phoebe Lou
Lolly Willowes Sylvia Townsend Warner
Doga Juana Molina
Peki Momés Peki Momés
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Madwoman Chelsea Bieker
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Remembered Soldier Anjet Daanje
XXX Danny Brown
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon

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