Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
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Judas and the Black Messiah

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates

Trending Works

Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
The Antidote Karen Russell
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus

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