Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Jill Lepore

We the People
The Deadline
- 10 Best Books for 2023: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune
If Then
- Nonfiction 2020: National Book Award
These Truths
1. Best Books of 2018: Time
2. The Best Books of the 2010s: Esquire
Joe Gould’s Teeth
- 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle
Book of Ages
- Top 10 Books of 2013: Washington Post
- Nonfiction 2013: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Idlewild Idlewild
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Thresholder Ian William Craig
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Vida
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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