Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Top 10 Albums of 2017 NPR · NPR Music
10 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music

Trending Lists

Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
25 Best Albums of 2011 Complex
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Before I Disappear Shawn Christensen
Communion Park Jiha
The Little Prince Mark Osborne
The Golden Heart Protector Margaret Glaspy
Florida Lauren Groff
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
Invasive species Marwa Helal
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson
Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal Pavement
Elvis & Nixon Liza Johnson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Madonnatron Madonnatron
The Harbingers
We're All Alone in This Together Dave

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