Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Benjamin Schwarz: Atlantic: Books of the Year 2011
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Slate: Music: 2011

10 Favorite Albums of 2011 Jonah Weiner · Slate
10 Favorite Albums of 2011 Jody Rosen · Slate

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Albums of the Year 2025 Rough Trade
Best Films of 2014 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2024 Peter Debruge · Variety
Books of the Year 2011 Benjamin Schwarz · Atlantic
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Albums of 2011 DIY
Best Films of 2015 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Worm HMLTD
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
new alhambra elvis depressedly
Electric Light James Bay
Everything’s Getting Older Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
As You Were Liam Gallagher
Strange Weekend Porcelain Raft
A Ghost of Caribou Alice Henderson
Islah Kevin Gates
Sugar & Spice Hatchie
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Collapse Aphex Twin

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