Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
Alison Herman: Variety: The Best TV Shows of 2023
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
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Kill or Capture

by Daniel Klaidman

Lists

7 Favorite Books of 2012: Tina Brown: Daily Beast

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Somebody Somewhere
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Classic Objects Jenny Hval
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu
My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
The Outsiders Eric Church
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
The Other Two
Liberation Day George Saunders

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