Year-End Lists

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

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Inkoo Kang: New Yorker: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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- Best Poetry of 2023: Library Journal
The Octopus Museum
So Much Synth
1. 5 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly
2. 11 Best Poetry Books of 2016: BuzzFeed
- 10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: David Orr: New York Times
Our Andromeda
1. Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012: Coldfront

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Alpha Julia Ducournau
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
We the People Jill Lepore
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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