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 Albums of 2019: Atlantic
The Year in Music: Steve Erickson: GCN

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12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

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Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
Ghosts In The Burbs
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
A Shining Jon Fosse
Songbird Waylon Jennings
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
The Good Mothers
All The Poems Stevie Smith
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Path of Totality Niina Pollari

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