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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Paste
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: The Fader
Hyaline
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Our Culture

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

How to Not Be Afraid of Everything Jane Wong
Harlan & Alondra Buddy
XXX Danny Brown
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
Invention Courtney Stephens
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Weapons Zach Cregger
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze
Before We Forgot How To Dream SOAK
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Open City Teju Cole
The Dead Don't Hurt Viggo Mortensen

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