Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

by Mariana Enriquez

Lists

20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily

Fiction 2021: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize
Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
The 18 Best Novels of 2021: Powell's Books
Top 10 Books of 2021: New York Public Library
Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Art of Uncertainty David Spiegelhalter
Box for Buddy, Box for Star This Is Lorelei
Metallic Life Review Matmos
Good Girl Aria Aber
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Stardust Grail Yume Kitasei
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Northern Light Kazim Ali
Autumn Nathaniel Dorsky
I Miss You When I Blink Mary Laura Philpott
Fargo
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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