Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
Powell's Books: Best Fiction of 2016
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Emeli Sandé

Let's Say for Instance
1. The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
Real Life
1. 85 Favorite Albums Of 2019: Hanif Abdurraqib
Long Live the Angels
1. 40 Favorite Albums Of 2016: Hanif Abdurraqib

Emeli Sande

Our Version of Events
1. Top 25 Albums of 2012: BBC: BBC Music
- 50 Best Albums of 2012: Q

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Best Albums of 2021 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2022 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
The Best TV Shows of 2022 The Ringer
Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books
2017 Award The Booker Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine · Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Works

Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
April Sara Nicholson
Gloss Drop Battles
Southbound Anjali Enjeti
Chained for Life Aaron Schimberg
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Marigold James Hershberg
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Coming Apart Body/Head
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi
Faithful Man Lee Fields

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