Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Guardian: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Ben Watt

Storm Damage
- 49 The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism
Hendra
- 27 75 Best Albums of 2014: Uncut

Trending Lists

Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Poetry 2026 National Book Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
The Call Yannick Murphy
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Horses Jake Skeets
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Good Times! The Monkees
Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow
No Time for Dreaming Charles Bradley
Islah Kevin Gates
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Thick City Katie Jean Shinkle
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman

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