Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
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The Confidence Men

How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History

by Margalit Fox

Appears on one list

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Brat Charli XCX
Koïma Sidi Touré
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground Chris Smith
Emily Alone Florist
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Wiener-Dog Todd Solondz
Mines Menomena
No Exit Damien Power
Mrs. Fletcher
Andor
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood

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