Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Nicola Griffith

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The Very Best Books of 2023: Constance Grady: Vox

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Slant
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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