Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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by Shannon Lay

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The Best Albums of 2021: No Ripcord
The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
Best Books of 2019 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 of the Best Books of 2024 Christopher Borrelli · Chicago Tribune
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Brooklyn Vegan

Trending Works

Soul Music Special Request
Eusexua FKA twigs
Sore Thumb Oso Oso
Simone Felice Simone Felice
1999 Joey Bada$$
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Writers & Lovers Lily King
Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here Friko
The Cathedral Ricky D'Ambrose
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
LOJA Orlando Weeks
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson
The world within our bedrooms Drug Store Romeos

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