Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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- Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023: Vanity Fair
- The Best Books of 2023: Vogue

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 23 Best TV Shows of 2023 Daily Beast
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Albums of 2025 Gorilla vs. Bear
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

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

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