Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Lists

Best Fiction of 2023: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best TV Shows of 2023 Judy Berman · Time
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker

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