Year-End Lists

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

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Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2026
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Chats

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- #79 The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters
High Risk Behaviour
- Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade Rounding out the top 100

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2024 Publishers Weekly
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The Best Movies of 2024 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2026 Award The Mercury Prize

Trending Works

Spotlight: Snitch City
The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
The Harbingers
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State Jill Lepore
Intifadas Edward Salem
I You We Them Dan Gretton
This Vast Enterprise Craig Fehrman
Public Access Afterworld Jane Schoenbrun
In Her Nature Rachel Hewitt
Transcription Ben Lerner
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
Be Easy Adrian Matejka
Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet

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