Year-End Lists

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

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
1. 45 Best Books of 2017: Paste
2. The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen

Trending Works

Adults
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Common Side Effects
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Trainwreck Judd Apatow

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