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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Polaris Music Prize: 2026 Award
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Appears on 10 lists

#12 Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
#34 The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
#35 Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
#36 The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
#37 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
#38 Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
#40 Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
#43 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
#50 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
#72 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
2026 Award Polaris Music Prize
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times

Trending Works

Dunya Mustafa
Hold It 'Til It Hurts T. Geronimo Johnson
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
The Vanishing Man Laura Cumming
In the Underground Song Zhantao
West Carys Davies
Loro Paolo Sorrentino
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain David Midell
Pigeon Alys Conran
The Matter with Morris David Bergen
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Rule of Two Walls David Gutnik
Sins of the Leopard James Brookes
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh Colwill Brown

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