Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2024: Eliana Dockterman: Time
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2021: Guardian

The 13 Best New Podcasts of 2022: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker
The 10 Best Podcasts of 2022: Mara Davis: Paste

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Pillion Harry Lighton
XXX Danny Brown
A Small Light
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
The Glowing Man Swans
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Syncope Asiya Wadud
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
By the Grace of God François Ozon
Through The Window Prurient

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