Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025
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Paperbacks from Hell

The Twisted History of ’70s and ’80s Horror Fiction

by Grady Hendrix

Lists

24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2013 Mojo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Entertainment Weekly
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Deep State Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
Listen to Me Marlon Stevan Riley
Rectify
Companion Drew Hancock
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Mob Psycho 100
LV N ATTN Lojay & Sarz
Believable: The Coco Berthmann Story
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
The Other Story Avi Nesher
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
So Beautiful or So What Paul Simon
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Things Take Time, Take Time Courtney Barnett

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