Year-End Lists

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

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Trending

Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Liars
- The 15 Best Books of 2024: Los Angeles Times
- 38 Favorite Books of 2024: Lit Hub
Very Cold People
- The 5 Best Novels of 2022: Mark Athitakis: Los Angeles Times
300 Arguments
1. Best Books of 2017: Entropy
- 24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club
Ongoingness
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova
The Guardians
1. Top 10 Books of 2012: Salon

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 72 Best Albums of the 2010s Mixmag
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Out of Touch Jaakko Eino Kalevi
The Golden Heart Protector Margaret Glaspy
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson
Office Johnnie To
Early Work Andrew Martin
Open Book Kalie Shorr
The Harbingers
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls T Kira Madden
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Getting Killed Geese
Communion Park Jiha
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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