Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
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1. Albums of the Year 2018: Quietus

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Ex Machina Alex Garland
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Gone Girl David Fincher
Sling Clairo
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Mad God Phil Tippett
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Lowdown
XXX Danny Brown

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