Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
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A Sharp Endless Need
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- The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025: Them
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
- Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023: Them

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
DX Friendzone
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Blackstar David Bowie
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Elixa Th Blisks
Earthling Eddie Vedder
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Red Rooms Pascal Plante

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