Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Top 10 Underheard Albums of 2017: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music

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100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade The Playlist
Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
Civil War Alex Garland
hexed! aya
From Ground Zero
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Beginners Mike Mills
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
Getting Killed Geese
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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