Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
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The Lucky One
1. Albums of 2024: Gorilla vs. Bear
No Fool Like an Old Fool
1. 30 Favorite Albums of 2018: Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Mines Menomena
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Brat Charli XCX
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
No Exit Damien Power
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Mrs. Fletcher
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
XXX Danny Brown
Andor
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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