Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wired UK: The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
XXX Danny Brown
National Anthem Luke Gilford
Inheriting
Until the End of Time Brian Greene
Second Sunday
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Trois, Deux, Un Juniore
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
The Art of Loving Olivia Dean

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