Year-End Lists

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

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
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Departing Like Rivers
- #38 Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus
Freezing Opening Thawing
- #36 Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire
The Drawbar Organ EP
- #6 Top 10 Albums of 2012: Little White Earbuds
Music for the Quiet Hour
The Drawbar Organ/Music for the Quiet Hour
- 40 Best Albums of 2012: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland

Trending Works

Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
Deep Lane Mark Doty
Hyena! Fran Lock
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Transcription Ben Lerner
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy
The Castle Jon Ronson
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry
Jutland Selima Hill
40 Sonnets Don Paterson
Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein

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