Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
NME: 50 Best Albums of 2016
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by Tyshawn Sorey

Lists

Top 21 Albums of 2017: Nate Chinen: NPR: NPR Music

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
50 Best Albums of 2016 NME

Trending Works

Belly Up Rita Bullwinkel
Warm Blanket Worriers
Good Luck, Take Care Terry Klein
She Wants More
Take Care BigXthaPlug
Suburban Fury Robinson Devor
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Predators David Osit
Damn Kendrick Lamar
Brahms – Schumann Yuuko Shiokawa & András Schiff
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise Jaimie Branch

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