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
Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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- The Best Books of 2021: Hillary Kelly: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Forever Howlong Black Country, New Road
2t2 Cosey Fanni Tutti
Dept. Q
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Hyperyouth Joey Valence & Brae
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Choke Enough Oklou
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Equus Asinus Men I Trust
Songs from Big Pleasant Big Pleasant
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn

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