Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2018
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25 Favourite Albums of 2025
15 Favourite Albums of 2018
100 Favourite Albums of 2017
16 Favourite Albums of 2016
100 Favourite Albums of 2015
51 Favourite Albums of 2014
100 Favourite Albums of 2012
Favourite Albums of 2011

Trending Lists

The Ten Best Films of 2020 RogerEbert.com
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

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Fun House Hand Habits
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Flow Gints Zilbalodis
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Feast Lee Haven Jones
Safety Not Guaranteed Colin Trevorrow
Puan María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground Chris Smith
The Second Mother Anna Muylaert
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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