Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Golden Legend

by Nadeem Aslam

Lists

45 Best Books of 2017: Paste

30 Best Books of 2017: Christian Science Monitor

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Thresholder Ian William Craig
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Vida
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy

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