Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Mary Beard

Emperor of Rome
- The Best Books of 2023: Economist
Twelve Caesars
- Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews
SPQR
- The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Bottle It In Kurt Vile
Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
Be the Cowboy Mitski
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
HAGEN Titanic
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Insecure Men Insecure Men
Utopia Björk
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett

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