Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Cross Record

Cross Record
1. Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade
Wabi-Sabi
1. 60 Favorite Albums of 2016: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Works

Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
Shoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda
Breathe Mélanie Laurent
RRR S.S. Rajamouli
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
Legion
The Good Mothers
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
A Shining Jon Fosse
I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko

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