Year-End Lists

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

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by Jane Smiley

Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2015: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
50 Best Albums of 2025 Exclaim
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Madwoman Chelsea Bieker
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Peki Momés Peki Momés
Exterminate All the Brutes Raoul Peck
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Lolly Willowes Sylvia Townsend Warner
Rakshak Bloodywood

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