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
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Refinery29

2021 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2020: Thrillist

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Succession
American Prison Shane Bauer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
American Eden Victoria Johnson
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer

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