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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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2025 Albums of the Year
Albums of the Year 2023
Albums of 2022
Best Albums of 2021
Albums of 2020
16 Albums That Shaped 2016
Albums of 2011

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

Los Espookys
Lux Rosalía
The Candle And The Flame Robert Forster
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
All That Reckoning Cowboy Junkies
The Story of My Wife Ildikó Enyedi
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
In The Earth Again Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo
Cody Joyce Manor
XXX Danny Brown
Empire of AI Karen Hao
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer

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