Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
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Top 40 Albums of 2025
Top 40 Albums of 2024
Top 40 Albums of 2023
Top 40 Albums of 2022
Top 40 Albums of 2021
Top 40 Albums of 2020
Top 40 Albums of 2019
Top 40 Albums of 2012

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Fargo
Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee with Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Flesh David Szalay
Choke Enough Oklou
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Pig Michael Sarnoski
The Harbingers
Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hit Man Richard Linklater
Her Spike Jonze

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