Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Virginia Woolf and Merve Emre (notes)

The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway
- Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Spotlight: Snitch City
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Beginners Mike Mills
In the Dark
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
There Are No Accidents Jessie Singer
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Holy Hell Architects
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Circle of Hope Eliza Griswold
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino

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