Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Devil I Know

by Ashley McBryde

Lists

Albums of the Year 2023: Holler
Dean's List 2023: Robert Christgau

The 12 Best Albums of 2023: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2020 A.O. Scott · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

By the Stream Hong Sang-soo
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
More Pulp
Foretold
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Bottoms Emma Seligman
Rejection Tony Tulathimutte
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Sex Education
Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams Patterson Hood
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista

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