Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014
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David Maraniss

Path Lit by Lightning
Once in a Great City
- 50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Barack Obama
- 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Records of the Year 2011 Rise
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Albums of 2025 Time Out
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Remind Me Tomorrow Sharon Van Etten
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
Schlagenheim Black Midi
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
A Little Prayer Angus MacLachlan

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