Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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Pye Corner Audio

The Endless Echo
1. 80 Best Albums of 2024: Uncut
Let's Emerge!
1. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Uncut
Hollow Earth
1. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
Sleep Games
1. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Top 50 Albums of 2012: The Wire

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe

Trending Works

Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
XXX Danny Brown
Mines Menomena
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Brat Charli XCX
Andor
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
No Exit Damien Power

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