Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Jerald Walker

How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
- Nonfiction 2020: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Le Kov Gwenno
La 167 Farruko
Death Farm Carl Hauck
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Hijack
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
John & Paul Ian Leslie
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee

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