Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Allow Me to Retort

A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution

by Elie Mystal

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2022: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Voyage of the Sable Venus Robin Coste Lewis
The Glowing Man Swans
Pillion Harry Lighton
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sack Barrow Ben Rivers
A Small Light
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Syncope Asiya Wadud
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth

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