Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Dazed: The Best Novels of 2023

19 January 2024

Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton

Dazed: The Best Novels of 2023

[see also 2025 • 2024]

Brainwyrms

Alison Rumfitt
Penance

Eliza Clark
The Fraud

Zadie Smith
Birnam Wood

Eleanor Catton
The Bee Sting

Paul Murray
Yellowface

R.F. Kuang
The List

Yomi Adegoke
The Guest

Emma Cline
Ordinary Human Failings

Megan Nolan

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Western Valeska Grisebach
Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
2020 Richard Dawson
GoldenHeart Dawn Richard
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Resurrection Bi Gan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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