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
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Mary Halvorson

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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Wire
Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus

Favorite Music of 2022: Nate Chinen: NPR: NPR Music
The Best Albums of 2022: Carl Wilson: Slate
The Best Music of 2022: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Urchin Harris Dickinson
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Predators David Osit
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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