Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

Best Nonfiction of 2017: Powell's Books
Nonfiction 2017: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Sly Thom Zimny
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Clean Slate
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place

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