Year-End Lists

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

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Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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- 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
- Top 25 Albums of 2015: Carl Wilson: Slate

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The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
20 Best Films of 2012 A.V. Club
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

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Des fantômes Faune
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Aux Pieds de la Nuit Nyx Nott
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
World Wide Pop Superorganism
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
That Was Something Dan Callahan
hexed! aya
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee

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