Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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by Jennifer Castle

Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2011: Robert Everett-Green: Globe and Mail

Top 10 Albums of 2011: Richard Trapunski: NOW

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Flesh David Szalay
XXX Danny Brown
KicK iii Arca
Good Boy Ben Leonberg
KICK ii Arca
Dept. Q
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
Vortex Gaspar Noé
False Dawn George Selgin
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Empire of AI Karen Hao
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty

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