Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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My Baby First Birthday
1. Best Books of 2020: Refinery29
- Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020: New York Public Library
Sour Heart

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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Movies of 2024 Guardian

Trending Works

Empire of AI Karen Hao
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
KICK ii Arca
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Dept. Q
Vortex Gaspar Noé
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn
Flesh David Szalay
False Dawn George Selgin
XXX Danny Brown
KicK iii Arca

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