Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Darklife
Faith in Persona
1. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
Heavy Black Heart
1. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Sputnikmusic
Classroom Sexxtape
1. 51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016: Tiny Mix Tapes
I’ll Try Living Like This
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Fact

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The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top Ten Films of the 2010s Cinema Scope
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Fatherhood Augustine Sedgewick
Tranquilizer Oneohtrix Point Never
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Weapons Zach Cregger
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
XXX Danny Brown
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Into the Morning Grace Vonderkuhn
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones

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