Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013
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Spies

The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West

by Calder Walton

Lists

The Best of Books 2023: Foreign Affairs

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2013 Complex
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Treble
Top 10 Films of 2019 Christy Lemire · RogerEbert.com
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Pitchfork
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

Once the Deed Is Done Rachel Seiffert
Western Valeska Grisebach
Things We Lost to the Water Eric Nguyen
Time Garrett Bradley
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
City Hall Frederick Wiseman
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Jafar Panahi
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
The Universe Smiles upon You Khruangbin
Dar Disku Dar Disku
Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu Andrei Ujica
Jonatan Yung Lean

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