Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction: BookPage

The Best Books of 2020: Laura Miller: Slate
Nonfiction 2020: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Flesh David Szalay
XXX Danny Brown
Getting Killed Geese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
In the Dark
My Adventures with Superman
House of Huawei Eva Dou
You Didn't See Nothin

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