Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The 50 Best Books of 2021: Esquire
Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Sound a Body Makes When It's Still Hot Mulligan
Flashlight Susan Choi
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Revengeseekerz Jane Remover
Ravedeath, 1972 Tim Hecker
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
XXX Danny Brown
New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh Erykah Badu
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
hooke’s law KeiyaA

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