Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Best Albums of 2019: Robin Hilton: NPR: NPR Music

20 Best Albums of 2019: Our Culture

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
50 Best Movies of 2015 Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story Rachel Hewitt
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Le Kov Gwenno
Eno Gary Hustwit
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Hunting Season Home Is Where
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee

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