Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Tan Twang Eng

The House of Doors
The Garden of Evening Mists
- 2012 Award: The Booker Prize
- 11 Best Books of 2012: Economist

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Predators David Osit
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
XXX Danny Brown
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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