Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Music for Public Ensemble
1. 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016: Tiny Mix Tapes
Music for Private Ensemble
1. Favorite 50 Albums of 2013: Tiny Mix Tapes
The Capital
1. Favorite 50 Albums of 2011: Tiny Mix Tapes

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2016 Seongyong Cho · RogerEbert.com

Trending Works

Pig Michael Sarnoski
Metallic Life Review Matmos
Fargo
Box for Buddy, Box for Star This Is Lorelei
Choke Enough Oklou
We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee with Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
Flesh David Szalay
Pluribus
Her Spike Jonze
King of Kings Scott Anderson
I Miss You When I Blink Mary Laura Philpott
Autumn Nathaniel Dorsky
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri

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