Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Air Not Meant For Us
1. The Best Albums of 2023: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
2. Top 40 Albums of 2023: Decibel

Trending Lists

The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Long Story Short
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Big Bang Theory
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Colored Television Danzy Senna
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
XXX Danny Brown

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