Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Jane’s Addiction

The Great Escape Artist

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Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
Getting Killed Geese
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Twinless James Sweeney
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Second Mansions Le Concorde
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Slow West John Maclean

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