Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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A State of Freedom

by Neel Mukherjee

Lists

10 Best Books of 2018: New York Public Library
100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sly Thom Zimny
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Idlewild Idlewild
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Liars Sarah Manguso
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Clean Slate
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Francesca David Murray Quartet

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