Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Best Films of 2023
Willa Paskin: Slate: The Top 10 TV Shows of 2021
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A Spell of Good Things

by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Appears on two lists

2024 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlisted
2023 Award: The Booker Prize Longlisted

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Top 10 TV Shows of 2021 Willa Paskin · Slate
Albums of 2024 Gorilla vs. Bear
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
God Save the Animals Alex G
Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller
The Witch Marie NDiaye
Jackass Forever Jeff Tremaine
Nothing Great About Britain slowthai
Stranger in the Alps Phoebe Bridgers
Girls5eva
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Above Us the Milky Way Fowzia Karimi
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov

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