Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Paste: The 50 Best Movies of 2020
Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2012
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1. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
- Favorite Albums of 2025: Steve Erickson
In E
1. Top 50 Albums of 2024: The Wire
2. Albums of the Year 2024: Quietus
Repeater
- 2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2016 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 30 Best Films of 2025 Little White Lies
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Movies of 2020 Paste

Trending Works

Mistress America Noah Baumbach
Fleabag
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
A Laughing Death in Meatspace Tropical Fuck Storm
Diamond Jubilee Cindy Lee
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Life of Pablo Kanye West
The Greatest Showman Michael Gracey
Black Doves
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Pink Friday Nicki Minaj
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Resurrection Bi Gan

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