Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Picasso's War

How Modern Art Came to America

by Hugh Eakin

Lists

39 Best Books of 2022: Vanity Fair
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Her Spike Jonze
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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