Year-End Lists

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

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

Trending Works

Dark Wire Joseph Cox
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Camp Swamp Road
Collapse Aphex Twin
Annette Leos Carax
Spaceman Octavian
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Great White Sea Eagle James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra
Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St Swamp Dogg
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Your Queen Is a Reptile Sons of Kemet
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
Let Him Go Thomas Bezucha
Arrival Denis Villeneuve

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