Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Lists

The Best Albums of 2020 NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Albums of 2019 NPR · Fresh Air
Favorite Albums of 2018 NPR · Fresh Air
10 Best TV Shows of 2017 Yahoo

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Laura Miller · Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Same As It Ever Was Claire Lombardo
Collisions Alec Nevala-Lee
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth Daniel Mason
The Trayvon Generation Elizabeth Alexander
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
The Antidote Karen Russell
Flung Out of Space Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer
Finding the Mother Tree Suzanne Simard
There You Are Joanne Kyger
Teethed Glory and Injury Altar of Plagues
Elderflora Jared Farmer
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada

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