Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Liberals, Race, and Empire

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Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2020: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
Legion
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
The Good Mothers
A Shining Jon Fosse
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
Breathe Mélanie Laurent

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