Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Penguin Cafe

Handfuls of Night
1. Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade
The Imperfect Sea
1. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Paste

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Loop Brenda Lozano
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Francis Lawrence
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Look Back Kiyotaka Oshiyama
How the Word Is Passed Clint Smith
Bird Andrea Arnold
Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
The Laundromat Steven Soderbergh
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Gentle Grip Public Practice

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