Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
T.S. Eliot Prize: 2026 Award
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Uncle John's Band
- Favorite Albums of 2023: Wilco

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2026 Award The Mercury Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
10 Best Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly
2026 Award T.S. Eliot Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll

Trending Works

In Her Nature Rachel Hewitt
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet
The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
Be Easy Adrian Matejka
Transcription Ben Lerner
This Vast Enterprise Craig Fehrman
Spotlight: Snitch City
Intifadas Edward Salem
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Harbingers
I You We Them Dan Gretton
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Jill Lepore

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