Year-End Lists

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

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Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A Grain of Wheat
- Favorite Books of 2018: Barack Obama
Wrestling with the Devil
1. Best Books of 2018: Entropy

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Long Story Short
Common Side Effects
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Adults
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

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