Year-End Lists

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

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Alternative Press: 50 Best Albums of 2024
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2024
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Dear Senthuran

A Black Spirit Memoir

by Akwaeke Emezi

Appears on Two Lists

The Best Books of 2021: Hillary Kelly: New York: Vulture

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2024 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Albums of 2025 Obscure Sound
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
Best Albums of 2025 Lindsay Zoladz · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Q
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Non-Fiction Olivier Assayas
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang
Last Call
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
Sex Education
The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet Ana Katz
Versions Of Us Lanterns on the Lake
Icarus Bryan Fogel
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Careless Passage Jerome Hiler
The Devil All the Time Antonio Campos
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō

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