Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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- The Best Albums of 2022: Carl Wilson: Slate
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- The Best Albums of 2016: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

The Best Albums of 2025 Amanda Petrusich · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
Eddington Ari Aster
The Man Without a Face Masha Gessen
Spiral Mark Danner
Pater Alain Cavalier
Careless Passage Jerome Hiler
Open Close Sam Prekop
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
1974 Francine Prose
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
Outside Noise Ted Fendt

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