Year-End Lists

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

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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Side Notes from the Archivist

by Anastacia-Reneé

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Best Poetry of 2023: New York Public Library

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Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
Zola Janicza Bravo
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Nídia É Má, Nídia É Fudida Nidia Minaj
Take Me Apart Kelela
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
Keeping the House Tice Cin
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Earthling Eddie Vedder
Blackstar David Bowie
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Red Rooms Pascal Plante

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