Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Roberta Kaplan with Lisa Dickey

Then Comes Marriage
- Top 10 Books of 2015: David L. Ulin: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Lux Rosalía
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Empire of AI Karen Hao
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
The True Story of Bananagun Bananagun
Boom Town Sam Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
Weapons Zach Cregger
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier

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