Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2021: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
The Best Albums of 2021: Esquire

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies
How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue
Bird Andrea Arnold
Look Back Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Getting Killed Geese
The Power In Us Poppy Ajudha
In The Earth Again Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo
XXX Danny Brown
Cody Joyce Manor
Gentle Grip Public Practice
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Empire of AI Karen Hao

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