Year-End Lists

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

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Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Poems

by Christopher Brean Murray

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Best Poetry of 2023: New York Public Library

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
KicK iii Arca
Stage Four Touché Amoré
XXX Danny Brown
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
KICK ii Arca
Hyperyouth Joey Valence & Brae
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
Dept. Q
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Vortex Gaspar Noé
In Heaven Mr Twin Sister
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs

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