Year-End Lists

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

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by Rachel Cusk

Lists

10 Best Books of 2018: Christian Lorentzen: New York: Vulture
Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Best Fiction of 2018: Goldsmiths Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times
Best Books of 2018: Katy Waldman: New Yorker
Best Books of 2018: Bustle

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025 Brittany Allen · Lit Hub
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Harbingers
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Florida Lauren Groff
Before I Disappear Shawn Christensen
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
Open Book Kalie Shorr
The Little Prince Mark Osborne
Only Dust Remains Backxwash
We're All Alone in This Together Dave
Invasive species Marwa Helal
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson
Madonnatron Madonnatron
Communion Park Jiha
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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