Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Trending

NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Prodigal

New and Selected Poems, 1976 to 2014

by Linda Gregerson

Lists

10 Best Poetry Books of 2015: David Orr: New York Times
12 Favorite Poetry Books of 2015: Dan Chiasson: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time

Trending Works

Adults
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Common Side Effects
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Trainwreck Judd Apatow

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