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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American Drift

by Elysia Crampton

Lists

Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015: Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 100 Albums of 2015: Quietus
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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