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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024: Them
The Best Queer Movies of 2024: Drew Burnett Gregory: Autostraddle

Trending Lists

51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Le Kov Gwenno
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Hijack
Death Farm Carl Hauck

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