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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine

A Beginner's Mind

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Her Spike Jonze
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney

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