Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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by Asali Solomon

Lists

The Best Books of 2021: Hillary Kelly: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs
Berceuses des deux mondes Rien Virgule
Life of Pi Ang Lee
Hyperyouth Joey Valence & Brae
Choke Enough Oklou
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Forever Howlong Black Country, New Road
Equus Asinus Men I Trust
Dept. Q
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis

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