Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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1. Top 25 Albums of 2014: Magnet
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1. Top Albums of 2011: Thomas Conner: Chicago Sun-Times

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Man's Best Friend Sabrina Carpenter
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Brat Charli XCX
Connie Live Low Cut Connie

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