Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Hopeful

by Tracy O'Neill

Lists

2015 First Novel Prize: The Center for Fiction

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
XXX Danny Brown
Holy Motors Leos Carax
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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