Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Black Curse

Burning in Celestial Poison
1. Top 40 Albums of 2024: Decibel
Endless Wound
1. Albums of the Year 2020: Quietus

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Slant
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Idlewild Idlewild
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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