Year-End Lists

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

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Kenny Garrett

Sounds from the Ancestors
1. 50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Vince Staples Vince Staples
Mad God Phil Tippett
Sling Clairo
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Gone Girl David Fincher
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Orquídeas Kali Uchis
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Lowdown

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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