Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2022: Passerby

Best Books of 2022: Traci Thomas: The Stacks Podcast
Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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