Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Owen Gleiberman: Variety: The Best Movies of 2025
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Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art

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Lists

Top 25 Books of 2019: Hyperallergic

Trending Lists

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
25 Favorite Films of 2012 A.O. Scott · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024 Them
Best Films of 2011 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2021 Joe Morgenstern · Wall Street Journal
The Best Movies of 2024 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

The Old Ways Christopher Alender
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Terri Azazel Jacobs
Big Dreams, Mister Good Luck
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Vocal Sketches from Oaxaca Antonina Nowacka
Information Desk Robyn Schiff
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
Past Lives Celine Song
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Channel Orange Frank Ocean

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