Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2016: The Skinny

16 Albums That Shaped 2016: DIY
Top 10 Albums of 2016: Kitty Empire: Observer

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Albums of 2022 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 20 Books of 2017 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Trip Amie Barrodale
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Esther Perel
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Fargo
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Le Kov Gwenno
Choke Enough Oklou
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Bugland No Joy
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Empty Netters

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