Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Peter L. Bergen

The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden
- The 5 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Mary Ann Gwinn: Los Angeles Times
- Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Clean Slate
Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Oracle Cate Marvin

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