Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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The Forty-Five

Lists

The 45 Best Albums of 2025
The Best Albums of 2024
The 45 Best Albums of 2023
The Best Albums of 2022
The 45 Best Albums of 2021
The 45 Best Albums of 2020

Trending Lists

50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 50 Best Albums Of 2025 Stereogum

Trending Works

Hard Headed Woman Margo Price
Brat Charli XCX
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
Lux Rosalía
The Last Days of Budapest Adam LeBor
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
3 Body Problem
Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple
The Martians David Baron
Bugland No Joy
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Anti Rihanna
O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman

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