Year-End Lists

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

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Trending

Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Kate Briggs

The Long Form
- Best Fiction of 2023: Goldsmiths Prize
- Books We Loved in 2023: Boston Globe
This Little Art
- Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Second Mansions Le Concorde
American Prison Shane Bauer
Getting Killed Geese
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Slow West John Maclean
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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