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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Neil Gaiman

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
1. The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste
Fragile Things
The View from the Cheap Seats
1. 16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

In the Dark
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Getting Killed Geese
Here Bas Devos
Dìdi Sean Wang
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Boom Town Sam Anderson
You Didn't See Nothin
House of Huawei Eva Dou
XXX Danny Brown
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan

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