Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2012
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Treble
The 50 Best Albums Of 2022: Stereogum

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Mines Menomena
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
XXX Danny Brown
You Private Person Richard Chiem
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Brat Charli XCX
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Alpha Julia Ducournau
No Exit Damien Power
Andor
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove

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