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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Top 50 Albums Of 2016: Q

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Wellwater Karen Solie
Museum Music Edward Skeletrix
U R HERE Honesty
Paper Girl Beth Macy
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Too Much
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant
Big Time Angel Olsen
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
Adolescence

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