Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Sarah Larson: New Yorker: The Best Podcasts of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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History of South Africa

From 1902 to the Present

by Thula Simpson

Lists

The Best of Books 2023: Foreign Affairs

Trending Lists

The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Poetry Books of 2025 New York Public Library
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Max Cea · Esquire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Good Girl Aria Aber
The Shadowless Tower Zhang Lü
Caveman Wakes Up Friendship
Sinners Ryan Coogler
I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Fargo
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Snack Shack Adam Carter Rehmeier
Shadowbox Beats Antique
Autumn Nathaniel Dorsky
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Pacifiction Albert Serra
Stochastic Drift Barker

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