Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Straw Dogs of the Universe
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023: Washington Post
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- Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 30 Best Films of 2023 Little White Lies
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Podcasts of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2023 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Family Portrait Ross from Friends
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Long Story Short
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Silver Eye Goldfrapp
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
God Said No Omar Apollo
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
XXX Danny Brown
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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