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
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Diaspora
1. 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
Ruler Rebel
1. 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
The Emancipation Procrastination
1. 14 Best Albums of 2017: Chris Richards: Washington Post
Stretch Music (Introducing Elena Pinderhughes)
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
Christian aTunde Adjuah
1. 50 Best Albums of 2012: AllMusic

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Books of 2019 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Albums of 2023 Folk Alley
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2023 Paste

Trending Works

Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here Friko
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Stars at Noon Claire Denis
Our Share of Night Mariana Enriquez
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson
EO Jerzy Skolimowski
God Help the Child Toni Morrison
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
Play What They Want Man Forever
Sore Thumb Oso Oso
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
The world within our bedrooms Drug Store Romeos
Eusexua FKA twigs

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