Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 25 Albums of 2012: BBC: BBC Music

50 Best Albums of 2012: Q

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
On Falling Laura Carreira
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Weapons Zach Cregger

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