Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Hymns in Dissonance
- The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025: Loudwire
- Favorite Albums of 2025: Steve Erickson
Kin
1. 25 Best Albums of 2021: Revolver
The Valley
1. The 66 Best Metal Albums of the 2010s: Loudwire

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Mostly Dead Things Kristen Arnett
Soft Fruit in the Sun Oliver Zarandi
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Wild Loneliness Superchunk
Mrs. Fletcher
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Blackstar David Bowie
Katabasis R.F. Kuang
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
color theory Soccer Mommy
Enlightened
The War Below Ernest Scheyder
28 Years Later Danny Boyle

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