Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Lifeboats & Follies
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2011: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
The Sunshine Place
Sly Thom Zimny
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Oracle Cate Marvin
Idlewild Idlewild

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