Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
Alternative Press: 50 Best Albums of 2024
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Forbidden Notebook

by Alba de Céspedes

Appears on Two Lists

100 Notable Books of 2023: New York Times: New York Times
The 20 Best Books of 2023: New Statesman

Trending Lists

100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2024 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s IndieWire
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Albums of 2025 Greg Kot · Sound Opinions
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Chinese Portrait Wang Xiaoshuai
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer
The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
Medieval Horizons Ian Mortimer
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
The Fishing Place Rob Tregenza
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Vinyl Nation Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone
Enys Men Mark Jenkin
Chef Jon Favreau
Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss Mykki Blanco
Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits Claire Simon

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