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
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

50 Favorite Albums of 2012: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Getting Killed Geese
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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