Year-End Lists

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

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NPR: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Karan Mahajan

The Association of Small Bombs
- 10 Best Books of 2016: New York Times: New York Times
- Fiction 2016: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
50 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
10 Best Films of 2018 Mark Kermode · Observer
50 Best Albums of 2017 Mojo
Albums of the Year 2015 Clash
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Blackstar David Bowie
Killjoys
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
Nana Jean Renoir
24K Magic Bruno Mars
I Am a Man Ron Miles
Melt Boxed In
Veld Daniel O’Sullivan
Paradise Slow Club
UUUU UUUU
Living Room Roméo Poirier
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights Salman Rushdie

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