Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Ann Powers: NPR: Top 10 Albums of 2021
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
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The Fear Factor

How One Emotion Connects Altruists, Psychopaths, and Everyone In-Between

by Abigail Marsh

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45 Best Books of 2017: Paste

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2014 Women's Prize
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The Best TV Shows of 2022 The Ringer
50 Best Albums of 2015 Fact
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books

Trending Works

April Sara Nicholson
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Patch the Sky Bob Mould
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi
Gloss Drop Battles
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
All My Circles Run Sarah Davachi
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
Southbound Anjali Enjeti
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Small Mercies Dennis Lehane
Marigold James Hershberg
This Is What It Feels Like Gracie Abrams

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