Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
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Trying Not to Have a Thought
1. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
2. The Best Albums of 2025: No Ripcord
- Best Albums of 2025: Jon Caramanica: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Movie Club 2025 Slate · Movie Club
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Projections Romare
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Body Talk Robyn
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Long Story Short
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Detroit 2 Big Sean
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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