Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Every Bridge Burning

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Lists

Top 40 Albums of 2024: Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2024: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop

Trending Lists

Top 12 Films of 2019 Ben Sachs · Chicago Reader
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Best Poetry Books of 2025 New York Public Library
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Swimming Sam Moss
Paris Undercover Matthew Goodman
Pacifiction Albert Serra
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
The Slow Rush Tame Impala
Shadowbox Beats Antique
Caveman Wakes Up Friendship
Axiom Jöns Jönsson
Fargo
I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Stochastic Drift Barker

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