Year-End Lists

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

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Maya & Natasha
- The Top 25 Books for 2025: Christian Science Monitor

Trending Lists

Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney
Hit Man Richard Linklater
Fargo
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols
Flesh David Szalay
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
The Harbingers
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
King of Kings Scott Anderson
We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee with Carol Ann Fitzgerald
Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang
Claire McCardell Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
Pig Michael Sarnoski

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