Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films 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 Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

EMPT MILE TEMPLIME
All That Glitters Orlando Whitfield
Is This Thing On? Bradley Cooper
Pater Alain Cavalier
Electric Pet Shop Boys
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Steve James
There's a Monster Behind the Door Gaëlle Bélem
Flow Gints Zilbalodis
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Everything Makes Me Sick Sex Scenes
End Explosions in the Sky
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
The Woman Next Door Yewande Omotoso

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