Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Albums of 2024 Observer
10 Best Albums of 2023 Observer
10 Best Albums of 2022 Observer
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Observer
10 Best Albums of 2020 Observer
Top 10 Albums of 2019 Observer
Top 10 Albums of 2018 Observer
Top 10 Albums of 2017 Observer
Top 10 Albums of 2016 Observer
Top 10 Albums of 2015 Observer
10 Best Pop Albums of 2012 Observer
Best Pop Music of 2011 Observer

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Stereogum
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Civil War Alex Garland
The Tsar of Love and Techno Anthony Marra
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Elle Paul Verhoeven
Nosferatu Robert Eggers
Crows In The Basilica Chuck Johnson
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Eddington Ari Aster
Boom Town Sam Anderson
And Right Lines Limit and Close All Bodies The Inward Circles
Sticker NCT 127
XXX Danny Brown
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Beast Bertrand Bonello

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