Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 50 Albums of 2024: Brooklyn Vegan

50 Best Albums of 2024: Alternative Press
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2024: Loudwire
Best Albums of 2024: Jon Caramanica: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Beginners Mike Mills
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
XXX Danny Brown
Holy Hell Architects
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Spotlight: Snitch City
There Are No Accidents Jessie Singer
In the Dark
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin

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