Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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1. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
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1. 40 Favorite Albums of 2011: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Zbig Edward Luce
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Resurrection Bi Gan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus

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