Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Brooke Gladstone

The Trouble with Reality
- Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Novels of 2021 Electric Lit
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Idlewild Idlewild
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
The Sunshine Place
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso

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