Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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by Devin Townsend

Lists

Top 40 Albums of 2019: Decibel
The 70 Best Albums of 2019: PopMatters

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Brat Charli XCX
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Hijack
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Resolution 653 Instra:Mental
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
The Ship Brian Eno
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau

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