Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Guardian: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025
National Book Award: Nonfiction 2026
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Sons & Daughters

Mirror Mirror
- 22 40 Favorite Albums of 2011: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
Poetry 2026 National Book Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

No Time for Dreaming Charles Bradley
The Call Yannick Murphy
Horses Jake Skeets
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Islah Kevin Gates
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow
Good Times! The Monkees
Thick City Katie Jean Shinkle
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson

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