Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
Alan Sepinwall: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
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The Death of Truth

Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

by Michiko Kakutani

Lists

Best Books of 2018: Paste

100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Best Books of 2018: Bustle

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Films of 2013 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Open Close Sam Prekop
Adolescence
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
Eddington Ari Aster
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
The Highwomen The Highwomen
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Dirt Bill Buford
1974 Francine Prose
Flesh and Code
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
The Last Kilo T.J. English
The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgaard

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