Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2025
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The Invention of Glass

by Emmanuel Hocquard (translated by Cole Swenson and Rod Smith)

Lists

16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012: Dennis Cooper

Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012: Frontier Psychiatrist

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 100 Albums of 2013 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

Moneyball Bennett Miller
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Scattered All Over the Earth Yoko Tawada
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan

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