Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Mubanga Kalimamukwento

Obligations to the Wounded
- The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
- The Best Books of 2024: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2015 Award The Booker Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

A Small Light
Passages Ira Sachs
Pillion Harry Lighton
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Against the Rules
Sack Barrow Ben Rivers
Soul Sold Separately Freddie Gibbs
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Syncope Asiya Wadud
XXX Danny Brown
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Glowing Man Swans
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley

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