Year-End Lists

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

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Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
Emilie Hanskamp: Top Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

The 30 Best Podcasts of 2022: Esquire
Best Podcasts of 2020: Teen Vogue

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

In the Dark
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Holy Hell Architects
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Beginners Mike Mills
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
XXX Danny Brown
Spotlight: Snitch City
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett

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