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
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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- The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You Ethel Cain
Insecure Men Insecure Men
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
HAGEN Titanic
Gone Girl David Fincher
Sable, Fable Bon Iver
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett
The Lowdown
XXX Danny Brown
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So

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