Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Alice Winn

In Memoriam

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
A Small Light
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Monkey Man Dev Patel
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
XXX Danny Brown
Elsbeth
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Everything Perfect James Ivy
Syncope Asiya Wadud
The Glowing Man Swans
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Beginners Mike Mills

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