Year-End Lists

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

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David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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Real Americans

by Rachel Khong

Lists

The Best Books of 2024: Oprah Daily

Best Fiction Books of 2024: Independent
The Best Books of 2024: Vogue
Best Books of 2024: Passerby
12 Novels That NPR Critics and Staff Were Excited to Share with You in 2024: NPR
The 44 Best Books of 2024: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Vortex Gaspar Noé
Empire of AI Karen Hao
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Dept. Q
KICK ii Arca
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
XXX Danny Brown
Flesh David Szalay
Stage Four Touché Amoré
False Dawn George Selgin
KicK iii Arca
In Heaven Mr Twin Sister

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