Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Quietus: Albums of the Year 2024
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2024
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Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Albums of the Year 2024 Quietus
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Book of Goose Yiyun Li
Zama Lucrecia Martel
Nite Salad Michael
Sam's Place Little Feat
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring Smoulder
Liberation Day George Saunders
Take Shelter Jeff Nichols
Her Spike Jonze
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Trust Exercise Susan Choi
Dead Pioneers Dead Pioneers
I Love You Jennifer B Jockstrap

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