Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Generations
1. Dean's List 2020: Robert Christgau
Policy
1. Best Music of 2015: Flood
2. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
XXX Danny Brown
The Galleons Rick Barot
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Passages Ira Sachs
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams

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