Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025
Dana Stevens: Slate: The Best Movies of 2020
Alternative Press: 50 Best Albums of 2024
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Dawn Landes

The Liberated Woman's Songbook
1. Best Albums of 2024: Folk Alley
Meet Me at the River
1. 75 Best Albums of 2018: Uncut
2. Best Albums of 2018: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Trending Lists

50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
The Best Movies of 2020 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
45 Favorite Albums of My 2025 Brad Luen
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Q
10 Best TV Shows of 2023 Esquire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 Washington Post
Best Books of 2025 USA Today
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Red Memory Tania Branigan
The History of Money David McWilliams
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell
The Duke of Burgundy Peter Strickland
Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
Baby (Being a black youth) One Be Lo
Large Animals Jess Arndt
Estradas Nídia & Valentina
Real Life Emeli Sandé
XXX Danny Brown
Sex Education
Lágrimas De Primavera Letters from my Garden
The Club Pablo Larraín
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang

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