Year-End Lists

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

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Alternative Press: 50 Best Albums of 2024
USA Today: Best Books of 2025
Brad Luen: 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025
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Air Not Meant For Us
1. The Best Albums of 2023: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
2. Top 40 Albums of 2023: Decibel

Trending Lists

100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Q
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
The Best Movies of 2020 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
45 Favorite Albums of My 2025 Brad Luen
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Books of 2025 USA Today
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō
Real Life Emeli Sandé
Lágrimas De Primavera Letters from my Garden
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Emergent Strategy adrienne maree brown
Sex Education
Scarred Hearts Radu Jude
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland
Apologize [video] Louis C.K.
Confronting: O.J. Simpson with Kim Goldman

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