Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

In the Dark
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Pacifiction Albert Serra
Dìdi Sean Wang
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
Here Bas Devos
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
XXX Danny Brown

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