Year-End Lists

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

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
The Mercury Prize: 2026 Award
Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2026
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Phantomime

by Ghost

Appears on two lists

#30 30 Best Albums of 2023: Revolver
#40 Top 40 Best Albums Of 2023: mxdwn

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage

Trending Works

Be Easy Adrian Matejka
I You We Them Dan Gretton
This Vast Enterprise Craig Fehrman
The Harbingers
Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet
Spotlight: Snitch City
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
In Her Nature Rachel Hewitt
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Jill Lepore
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
Intifadas Edward Salem
The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
Transcription Ben Lerner

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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