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
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter: Best Movies of 2025
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The Brooklyn Rail

Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017 Joseph Salvatore
Best 25 Poetry Books of 2017 Joseph Salvatore

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2021 Film Stage
Best Albums of 2024 Billboard
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Best Albums of 2022 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Ten Best Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The Best Movies of 2024 Peter Debruge · Variety
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 David Rooney · Hollywood Reporter
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Collapse Aphex Twin
What You Want Maureen N. McLane
Task
Flesh and Code
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Easier Said Than Done Pool Kids
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Islah Kevin Gates
A Ghost of Caribou Alice Henderson
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart
Damn Kendrick Lamar
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Pluribus
Electric Light James Bay

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