Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Louise Glück

Winter Recipes from the Collective
Faithful and Virtuous Night
- Best Poetry Books of 2014: Publishers Weekly
- The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Lowdown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Northman Robert Eggers
XXX Danny Brown
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Galleons Rick Barot

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