Year-End Lists

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

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Them: The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025
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The 15 Best Books of 2019: Atlantic

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018 No Depression
The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 Them
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Two Sisters Sarah Davachi
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Hereditary Ari Aster
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Palomino First Aid Kit
1000 Forms of Fear Sia
Seasons of Your Day Mazzy Star
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Red Taylor Swift
Midst
Familiars The Antlers
I Loved You at Your Darkest Behemoth

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