Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Essays

by Ross Gay

Lists

Favorite Books of 2022: Salon

Best Nonfiction of 2022: BookPage
Favorite Books of 2022: San Francisco Chronicle
2022 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Middle Jesse Welles
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Let's Rock The Black Keys
hexed! aya
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Year of the Snitch Death Grips

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