Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres

by Kelefa Sanneh

Lists

20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

American Weekend Waxahatchee
Deeper The Soft Moon
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Hedda Nia DaCosta
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
XXX Danny Brown
Black Metal Dean Blunt
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Last Stop in Yuma County Francis Galluppi
Succession
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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