Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Black Meme

A History of The Images That Make Us

by Legacy Russell

Lists

21 Best Books of 2024: Vanity Fair

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The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

A Small Light
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Tár Todd Field
XXX Danny Brown
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Pillion Harry Lighton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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