Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Albums of 2024
Favorite Albums 2023
Favorite Music of 2022 NPR · NPR Music
Top 10 Albums of 2021 NPR · NPR Music
Best Albums of 2019 NPR · NPR Music
Top Ten Albums of 2018 NPR · NPR Music
Top 12 Albums of 2017 NPR · NPR Music
11 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Long Story Short
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Black Box
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Common Side Effects
XXX Danny Brown
Wild Houses Colin Barrett

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