Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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The Best Albums of 2025 Atlantic
The 10 Best Albums of 2024 Atlantic
The 10 Best Albums of 2023 Atlantic
The 10 Best Albums of 2022 Atlantic
The 10 Best Albums of 2021 Atlantic
10 Best Albums of 2017 Atlantic

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
Magdalene FKA twigs
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Social Cues Cage the Elephant
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer

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