Year-End Lists

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

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NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Matt Patches: Polygon: The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade
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by Tobe Nwigwe

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Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

50 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best 15 Films of 2024 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade Matt Patches · Polygon
Top 50 Albums of 2011 Fly
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
Sour Olivia Rodrigo
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
On the Battlefield Little Egypt Collective
Punisher Phoebe Bridgers
Insomnia Marina Benjamin
Ocean to Ocean Tori Amos
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Magic Place Julianna Barwick
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney

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