Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
James Poniewozik: New York Times: Best TV Shows of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Lists

Best 10 Books of 2024: Lizz Schumer: People

100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times
38 Favorite Books of 2024: Lit Hub
10 Favorite Books of 2024: Clare Mulroy: USA Today

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
We the People Jill Lepore
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Antigone Eiko Ishibashi
Weapons Zach Cregger
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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