Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Best Albums of 2024: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Top 25 Albums of 2024: Magnet
The 100 Best Albums of 2024: Paste

The 12 Best Albums of 2024: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Movies of 2024 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

False Dawn George Selgin
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Vortex Gaspar Noé
Empire of AI Karen Hao
KicK iii Arca
Dept. Q
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
KICK ii Arca
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn
XXX Danny Brown

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