Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Albums of the Year 2024 Quietus
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
10 Best Movies of 2012 Atlantic Wire
2012 Year in Review Aquarium Drunkard
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Original Sound of Cumbia various artists
Collapsed in Sunbeams Arlo Parks
What the Constitution Means to Me Marielle Heller
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Cuddy Benjamin Myers
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
You Could Make This Place Beautiful Maggie Smith
Fatigue L'Rain
Passages Ira Sachs
Leftovers Le Ren
Sun Cat Power
-io Circuit Des Yeux
Cometh The Storm High On Fire

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