Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Richard White

Who Killed Jane Stanford?
- The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022: Mary Ann Gwinn: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Elsbeth
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Pillion Harry Lighton
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Beginners Mike Mills
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
XXX Danny Brown
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Syncope Asiya Wadud
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Glowing Man Swans
A Small Light
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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