Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
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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- The Best Albums Of 2023: Uproxx
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1. 30 Best Albums of 2018: Vibe

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Sunshine Place
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Idlewild Idlewild
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso
Clean Slate

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