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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Hell Is an Airport
1. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
Paul Bunyan's Slingshot
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1. Top 55 Releases of 2023: The Alternative
- The 60 Best Albums of 2023: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade The Playlist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
Civil War Alex Garland
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
From Ground Zero
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
Getting Killed Geese
hexed! aya
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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