Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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Lists

The 15 Best Books of 2025: People

Fiction 2025: Women's Prize
The 17 Best Books of 2025 You Need to Read: Vanity Fair
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025: Time
The Top 25 Books for 2025: Christian Science Monitor
The 35 Best Books of 2025: Adam Morgan: Esquire

Trending Lists

The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 20 TV Shows of 2019 Decider
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx

Trending Works

This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton
Fin John Talabot
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Rakshak Bloodywood
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus

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