Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Measures of Expatriation

by Vahni Capildeo

Lists

12 Best Poetry Collections of 2016: E. Ce Miller: Bustle

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
TV Shows of the Year 2025 New Statesman

Trending Works

Brat Charli XCX
Renaissance Beyoncé
The Selected Poems Of Donald Hall Donald Hall
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Yeezus Kanye West
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Getting Killed Geese
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Treats Sleigh Bells
Gasp Seth Graham

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