Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2025 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2025 Jim DeRogatis
Best Albums of 2024 Jim DeRogatis
Best Albums of 2024 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2023 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2023 Jim DeRogatis
The Best Albums of 2022 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2022 Jim DeRogatis
The Best Albums of 2021 Jim DeRogatis
The Best Albums of 2021 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2020 Jim DeRogatis
The Best Albums of 2020 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2019 Jim DeRogatis
The Best Albums of 2019 Greg Kot
Best Albums of 2018 Greg Kot
Best Albums of 2018 Jim DeRogatis
10 Favorite Albums of 2017 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2017 Jim DeRogatis
Best Albums of 2016 Jim DeRogatis
Top Albums of 2016 Greg Kot
Top 20 Albums of 2015 Greg Kot
40 Favorite Albums of 2015 Jim DeRogatis
Top 40 Albums of 2014 Jim DeRogatis
Top 20 Albums of 2014 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2013 Greg Kot
The Best Albums of 2013 Jim DeRogatis
Top 40 Albums of 2012 Jim DeRogatis
Top 10 Albums of 2012 Greg Kot
40 Favorite Albums of 2011 Jim DeRogatis
Top Albums of 2011 Greg Kot

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Slow West John Maclean
Second Mansions Le Concorde
I Swear Kirk Jones
Hi Texas
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom

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