Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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1. 100 Best Albums of 2017: Earbuddy
We Don’t Even Live Here
1. 25 Best Albums of 2012: A.V. Club
2. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Spinner

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Novels of 2021 Electric Lit
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Oracle Cate Marvin
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Idlewild Idlewild
Fingernails Christos Nikou
The Sunshine Place
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker

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