Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Claire Messud

This Strange Eventful History
The Burning Girl
The Woman Upstairs
1. The Top 10 Books of 2013: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture
- Top 10 Books of 2013: Washington Post
- The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Liars Sarah Manguso
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko

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