Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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by Joy Oladokun

Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Consequence
123 Favorite Albums Of 2024: Hanif Abdurraqib
The 80 Best Albums of 2024: PopMatters

Best Southern Albums of 2024: Bitter Southerner

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the 2010s The Playlist
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Movies of 2019 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 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 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Sierra Falconer
Open Close Sam Prekop
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Come and See Gurriers
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Doga Juana Molina
Colonial Patterns Huerco S
Madwoman Chelsea Bieker
Ruin, Blossom John Burnside
Every Open Eye Chvrches
Swimming Sam Moss
Die to Wake Up from a Dream MF Tomlinson

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