Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Films of 2022
Nicholas Quah: New York: 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025
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Cheryl Boyce-Taylor

Mama Phife Represents
- Best Poetry of 2021: New York Public Library
- Top 10 Books of 2021: New York Public Library

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
The Illuminations Andrew O'Hagan
Andor
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground Chris Smith
127 Hours Danny Boyle
Brat Charli XCX
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Non-Fiction Olivier Assayas
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Mrs. Fletcher
Shiva Baby Emma Seligman
Annabel Kathleen Winter
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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