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 2021
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Robert Moor

Lists

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Addison Addison Rae
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Parasomnia Dream Theater
King's Disease II Nas
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Brat Charli XCX
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Dear Scott Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
The Car Arctic Monkeys
Evil
Wet Leg Wet Leg
More Pulp
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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