Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Lists

Best Albums of 2024: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
UK Albums of the Year 2024: Rough Trade

Top 100 Albums of 2024: Under the Radar

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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