Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Souvenirs

by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru

Appears on two lists

Our 50 Favourite Records of 2024: Vinyl Factory

Top Ten Albums of 2024: Clémence Polès Farhang

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Fiction of 2025 Maria Crawford · Financial Times
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 40 Albums of 2012 Jim DeRogatis · WBEZ · Sound Opinions
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2020 Eric Kohn · IndieWire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2020 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Music for Shape-Shifters: Field Recordings from the Amazonian Lowlands, 1981-1985 Wakuénai (Curripaco)
Hard Truths Mike Leigh
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
$uccessor Dedekind Cut
Prima Donna Vince Staples
Jinpa Pema Tseden
XXX Danny Brown
amor de encava WEED420
August by Cake Guided by Voices
Chromatica Lady Gaga
Aura Reworks Hatis Noit

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