Year-End Lists

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

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Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Donal Ryan

Heart, Be at Peace
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post
From a Low and Quiet Sea
- 2018 Award: The Booker Prize
The Spinning Heart
- 2013 Award: The Booker Prize

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo

Trending Works

Mines Menomena
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Brat Charli XCX
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Andor
Alpha Julia Ducournau
XXX Danny Brown
No Exit Damien Power
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Mrs. Fletcher
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov

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