Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Illumination

by Kevin Brockmeier

Appears on one list

10 Best Novels of 2011: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Xerox Over Manhattan Shane Jesse Christmass
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
Floating Features La Luz
Michel Petrucciani Michael Radford
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
The Lowdown
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Ace Attorney Takashi Miike
Ailey Jamila Wignot
Bring Your Own Brigade Lucy Walker
The Chronicles of Now
The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk
Excavation The Haxan Cloak
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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