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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Ground of Being
1. Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire
In our Name
1. Top 50 Albums of 2012: The Wire

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Holy Hell Architects
Beginners Mike Mills
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Special Lizzo
Euphoric Georgia
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
In the Dark
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández

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