Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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NPR: Music: 2018

Top Ten Albums of 2018 Bob Boilen · NPR · NPR Music
Favorite Albums of 2018 Ken Tucker · NPR · Fresh Air
50 Best Albums of 2018 NPR · NPR Music

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top Ten Films of 2017 Katey Rich · Fighting in the War Room
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
50 Best Albums of 2015 FasterLouder
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Greatest Albums of the 2010s NME

Trending Works

a.s.o. a.s.o
Chronology Qasim Naqv
Heard It In A Past Life Maggie Rogers
Feeding The Machine Binker and Moses
Incident in a Ghostland Pascal Laugier
Robe of Gems Natalia López
Blackstar David Bowie
Paradise Slow Club
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Predators David Osit
Varmints Anna Meredith
Snake Sideways Do Nothing
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
All Square John Hyams

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