Year-End Lists

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

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Loudwire: The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2024
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
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by Mary Ruefle

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Lists

Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2019: Entropy

Best Books of 2019: Michael Silverblatt: KCRW
Favorite Poetry of 2019: Dennis Cooper
Best Poetry Books of 2019: Via Negativa
Poetry 2019: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2024 Loudwire
Best Films of 2025 Reverse Shot
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 25 Films of 2021 In Review Online
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 RogerEbert.com
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass
Conclave Edward Berger
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Miri Navasky, Karen O’Connor, and Maeve O’Boyle
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell
Dodger Blue Dream
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg
Guitar Solos / Fifty Fred Frith
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos
Rise of Da Moon Black Moon
Backed Up
You Are Here Daniel Cockburn
Yeezus Kanye West
Long Live The Kings Calboy

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