Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2023: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Utopia Björk
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Insecure Men Insecure Men
XXX Danny Brown
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
The Big Bang Theory
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron

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