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
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 20 Albums of 2011: Magnet

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Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

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Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Man's Best Friend Sabrina Carpenter
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Brat Charli XCX
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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