Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Atlantic: 14 Best TV Shows of 2025

17 December 2025

North of North

The Atlantic: 14 Best TV Shows of 2025

TV lists in other years: 2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Also from the Atlantic in 2025: Movies · Music · Books · Podcasts

Adolescence
The Lowdown
Task
Adults
The Diplomat
The Pitt
Severance
The Traitors
Dying for Sex
The Rehearsal
Dept. Q
The Summer I Turned Pretty
North of North
Andor

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Greatest Albums of the 2010s NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2015 FasterLouder
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Värähtelijä Oranssi Pazuzu
Could Have Done Anything Charlotte Cornfield
Blackstar David Bowie
Predators David Osit
Stravinsky: Orchestral Works Gustavo Gimeno and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Robe of Gems Natalia López
Incident in a Ghostland Pascal Laugier
Paradise Slow Club
All Square John Hyams
Underneath the Pine Toro y Moi
Grown Unknown Lia Ices
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Prima Donna Vince Staples

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