Year-End Lists

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

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Lists

Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus
Top 50 Albums of 2019: Q
The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Guardian

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Le Kov Gwenno
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Hijack
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
Eno Gary Hustwit
La 167 Farruko
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler

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