Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. Best Albums of 2022: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
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1. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Vice: Noisey

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo

Trending Works

Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Raid 2 Gareth Evans
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
So True with Caleb Hearon
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
Checkout 19 Claire-Louise Bennett
Gentle Grip Public Practice
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Bird Andrea Arnold
Loop Brenda Lozano
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg

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