Year-End Lists

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

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Lists

Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023: Vanity Fair

Trending Lists

Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 Tiny Mix Tapes
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes

Trending Works

Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Fin John Talabot
Rakshak Bloodywood
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Gladiator II Ridley Scott

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