Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Best Albums of 2011: Sonic

Trending Lists

50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Spotlight: Snitch City
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
Holy Hell Architects
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Beginners Mike Mills
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Nexus Yuval Noah Harari
Parasite Bong Joon-ho

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