Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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We’re New Again: A Reimagining

by Gil Scott-Heron (posthumously) & Makaya McCraven

Lists

Best Albums of 2020: Time
The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Hijack
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Le Kov Gwenno
Death Farm Carl Hauck
John & Paul Ian Leslie
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
La 167 Farruko
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler

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