Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Phillip B. Williams

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Mutiny
- The Best Poetry of 2021: Boston Globe
- Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
Thief in the Interior
1. 12 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Chicago Review of Books

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Idlewild Idlewild
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Sly Thom Zimny
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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