Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Paste: The 100 Best Albums of 2024
IndieWire: Best Movies of 2024
Vanity Fair: 21 Best Books of 2024
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1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Mojo
2. Top 50 Albums of 2015: American Songwriter

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Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Albums of 2022 Steven Hyden · Uproxx
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
Favorite Films of 2011 Jonathan Rosenbaum · IndieWire · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Consequence
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Paste

Trending Works

A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
Detective vs Sleuths Wai Ka-fai
thank u, next Ariana Grande
Either/Or Elif Batuman
Apex Predator - Easy Meat Napalm Death
Project Unabom
The Price of Tea in China Boldy James & The Alchemist
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Matt Johnson
Uncanny Valley Anna Wiener
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum Chad Stahelski
Juror #2 Clint Eastwood
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
2024/09/25 St. Paul, MN [concert recording] Sturgill Simpson

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