Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Pity the Beast

by Robin McLean

Lists

Best Fiction of 2021: Guardian

Trending Lists

Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 TV Shows of 2019 Decider
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes

Trending Works

Rakshak Bloodywood
Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Fin John Talabot
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
The Wind Rises Hayao Miyazaki
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma

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