Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Matthew Halsall

An Ever Changing View
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Yardbarker
2. 75 Best Albums of 2023: Uncut
Oneness
1. Favorite Albums of 2019: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time

Trending Works

Universal Language Matthew Rankin
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Bird Andrea Arnold
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Adults
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
So True with Caleb Hearon
Loop Brenda Lozano

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