Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Best Music of 2021: Sasha Geffen: Artforum

Our Favorite Albums, 2021: Tone Glow

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Con Todo El Mundo Khruangbin
With Love, Snarls
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Foretold
Small Things like These Tim Mielants
The Girl with the Needle Magnus von Horn
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Tár Todd Field
Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski
Yellowjackets
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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