Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2025
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The Best Albums Of 2025
The Best Albums Of 2024
The Best Albums of 2023
The 5 Best Albums Of 2022

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The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best TV Shows of 2022 BuzzFeed
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums Of 2025 Stereogum

Trending Works

3 Body Problem
Fleabag
O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Hard Headed Woman Margo Price
Other You Steve Gunn
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple
A Truce That Is Not Peace Miriam Toews
Anti Rihanna
Brat Charli XCX

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