Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Roger Reeves

Lists

Poetry 2022: National Book Award
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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