Year-End Lists

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The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine

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Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Portrait of My Heart Spellling
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Hyperyouth Joey Valence & Brae
KICK ii Arca
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs
XXX Danny Brown
Vortex Gaspar Noé
Dept. Q
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
In Heaven Mr Twin Sister
KicK iii Arca

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