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
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021: Abeni Jones: Autostraddle

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Summer is Gone Zhang Dalei
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Civil War Alex Garland
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
Looper Rian Johnson
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
Boom Town Sam Anderson
From Ground Zero
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Beginners Mike Mills

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