Year-End Lists

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

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Nicholas Quah: New York: 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Lists

75 Best Albums of 2014: Uncut

50 Most Impressive Albums of 2014: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker
2014 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Choke Enough Oklou
The Big Short Adam McKay
Lorem Ipsum Jeff Jakobs
In Transit David Usui, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, and Albert Maysles
Can't Rush Greatness Central Cee
Anth01 Jacques Greene
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Matt Shakman
The Sword & The Soaring Navy Blue
Songs from Big Pleasant Big Pleasant
Equus Asinus Men I Trust
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
The Afrorack Afrorack
KicK iii Arca

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