Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Sam Wasson

The Path to Paradise
- Books We Loved in 2023: Boston Globe
The Big Goodbye
- 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
25 Best Albums of the 2010s Revolver
Best Films of 2011 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 100 Albums of 2013 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop

Trending Works

Impersonator Majical Cloudz
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
Moneyball Bennett Miller
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
The Tiger’s Wife Téa Obreht
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
Full Circle Steven Soderbergh
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Presence Steven Soderbergh

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