Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
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Spying on Whales

The Past, Present, and Future of Earth's Most Awesome Creatures

by Nick Pyenson

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Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
TV Shows of the Year 2025 New Statesman
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 100 Albums of 2011 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Camp Swamp Road
Bow To Love Isobel Campbell
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Dark Wire Joseph Cox
Collapse Aphex Twin
Spaceman Octavian
The Great White Sea Eagle James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Your Queen Is a Reptile Sons of Kemet
Annette Leos Carax
Arrival Denis Villeneuve
Let Him Go Thomas Bezucha
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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