Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Martin Salisbury

The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970
- Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
XXX Danny Brown
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Antidote Karen Russell

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