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
Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Pepe Deluxé

Phantom Cabinet Vol. 1
1. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters
Queen of the Wave
1. 75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters

Trending Lists

Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
Fargo
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
The Book of Love Kelly Link
Pluribus
Her Spike Jonze
Box for Buddy, Box for Star This Is Lorelei
Pig Michael Sarnoski
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Flesh David Szalay
Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang
I Miss You When I Blink Mary Laura Philpott
We Do Not Part Han Kang
The Stardust Grail Yume Kitasei

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