Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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Hamell On Trial

Bring The Kids
1. Dean's List 2023: Robert Christgau
The Pandemic Songs
1. Dean's List 2020: Robert Christgau
The Night Guy at the Apocalypse Profiles of a Rushing Midnight
1. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
Tackle Box
1. Dean's List 2017: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

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

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