Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Callie Garnett

Wings in Time
- The Best Poetry of 2021: Elisa Gabbert: New York Times
- Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
XXX Danny Brown
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Flesh David Szalay
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Antidote Karen Russell
Audition Katie Kitamura
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari

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