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
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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by Demdike Stare

Lists

50 Best Albums of 2016: Fact

100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Albums of 2011 Claire Suddath · Time
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Suspicious Minds
Be the Cowboy Mitski
XXX Danny Brown
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
U R HERE Honesty
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Paper Girl Beth Macy
A Seat at the Table Solange
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel

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