Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Them: The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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This Great Hemisphere
- The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
Black Buck
- The Best Books of 2021: Thrillist
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018 No Depression
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 Them
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Seasons of Your Day Mazzy Star
I Loved You at Your Darkest Behemoth
Palomino First Aid Kit
Live at Wembley Stadium, 7/25/25 (Live Bootleg) Oasis
Midst
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Boarding House Reach Jack White
Sport Powell
1000 Forms of Fear Sia
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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