Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Top 40 Albums of 2021: Decibel

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Poetry Books of 2025 New York Public Library
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 12 Films of 2019 Ben Sachs · Chicago Reader
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

Humble Pi Homeboy Sandman & Edan
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Pacifiction Albert Serra
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Weapons Zach Cregger
Death by Lightning
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Axiom Jöns Jönsson
Fargo
The Slow Rush Tame Impala
I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey
Shadowbox Beats Antique

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