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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Nicholas Quah: New York: 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025
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The Battle at Garden's Gate

by Greta Van Fleet

Lists

Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021: Ultimate Classic Rock

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Portrait of My Heart Spellling
Songs from Big Pleasant Big Pleasant
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
The Sword & The Soaring Navy Blue
Anth01 Jacques Greene
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Matt Shakman
Choke Enough Oklou
The Afrorack Afrorack
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Equus Asinus Men I Trust
KicK iii Arca
Can't Rush Greatness Central Cee
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs

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