Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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Dreaming the Beatles

The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World

by Rob Sheffield

Lists

Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
The Guardians Sarah Manguso
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
XXX Danny Brown
All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Tár Todd Field
Pillion Harry Lighton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley

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