Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Nick Schager: Daily Beast: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Nick Schager · Daily Beast
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Close Your Eyes Blue Ranger
Andor
Resurrection Bi Gan
Boarding House Reach Jack White
The Grey Album Kevin Young
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Body Talk Robyn
Blank Check
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
More Pulp
Black Metal Dean Blunt
North Sun Ethan Rutherford
Chokepoints Edward Fishman

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