Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Illumination

by Kevin Brockmeier

Lists

10 Best Novels of 2011: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
Holy Hell Architects
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
In the Dark
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
Beginners Mike Mills
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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