Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Laura Miller: Slate: The 10 Best Books of 2025
The Booker Prize: 2011 Award
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2012: The Wire
Top 100 Albums of 2012: musicOMH
75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters

50 Favorite Albums of 2012: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Laura Miller · Slate
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2011 Award The Booker Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Binibini Pamcy
Elderflora Jared Farmer
The Trayvon Generation Elizabeth Alexander
Haul Ass Road Hog
The Antidote Karen Russell
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth Daniel Mason
The Sunflower Boys Sam Wachman
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
More Pulp
The Quest Daniel Yergin
Hostage Eli Sharabi
There You Are Joanne Kyger
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop

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