Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2022
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013
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Be Free or Die

The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls’ Escape from Slavery to Union Hero

by Cate Lineberry

Lists

30 Best Books of 2017: Christian Science Monitor

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Pitchfork
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Treble
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
50 Best Albums of 2013 Complex
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows Of 2024 Uproxx
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

First Cow Kelly Reichardt
Athlete A Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
Chronicle Josh Trank
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
City Hall Frederick Wiseman
The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania
Once the Deed Is Done Rachel Seiffert
Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu Andrei Ujica
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Jafar Panahi
Brat Charli XCX
Fiertés, inc. Thibault Jacquin
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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