Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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22 Best Documentaries of 2017: David Fear: Rolling Stone

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
Beginners Mike Mills
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
Holy Hell Architects
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
In the Dark
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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