Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Marie Davidson

City of Clowns
Working Class Woman
- 2018's Best Albums: Resident Advisor
- Top Releases of 2018: XLR8R
Adieux Au Dancefloor
1. Top 100 Albums of 2016: Quietus

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Her Spike Jonze
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
More Pulp
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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