Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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John Cale

Poptical Illusion
Mercy
- Favorite Music of 2023: Dennis Cooper
M:FANS
- 92 Top 100 Albums of 2016: Quietus
Music for a New Society/M:FANS
- 61 75 Best Albums of 2016: Uncut
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
- 23 Top 40 Albums of 2012: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
- 96 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award

Trending Works

Earth Mama Savanah Leaf
The Angel of Forms Rushnan Jaleel
Keeping Time Darol Olu Kae
Hovvdy Hovvdy
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Frederick Wiseman
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Apocalypse '45 Erik Nelson
Loop Brenda Lozano
Superorganism Superorganism
Sundown Steve Reinke
Atlantis Yuri Ancarani
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Christopher McQuarrie
John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA

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