Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024: Pitchfork

Favorite Albums of 2024: Tone Glow
The 12 Best Albums of 2024: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

False Dawn George Selgin
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Dept. Q
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
XXX Danny Brown
Estrela Acesa Sessa
Vortex Gaspar Noé
KicK iii Arca
Empire of AI Karen Hao
KICK ii Arca
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty

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