Year-End Lists

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

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Adam Morgan: Esquire: The 35 Best Books of 2025
IndieWire: Best Movies of 2024
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Negroland

A Memoir

by Margo Jefferson

Lists

15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova
The 17 Best Books of the 2010s: Town & Country

10 Best Books of 2015: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2020 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Records of 2024 Resident Advisor
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire

Trending Works

The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
An Oral History of Atlantis Ed Park
The Wolf and the Watchman Scott C. Johnson
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Live Forever Bartees Strange
Melancholia Lars von Trier
American Scary Jeremy Dauber
Essex Honey Blood Orange
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Tomboy Céline Sciamma
SENDÉ Ryan Castro
RUDEBWOY CJ Fly
Half Living Things Alpha Wolf

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