Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Caitlin Horrocks

The Vexations
- The Best Books of 2019: Wall Street Journal

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Hijack
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga

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