Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The Plateau

by Maggie Paxson

Lists

Best Nonfiction Books of 2019: BookPage

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

R.I.P. Actress
Glimmer Kimberly Shannon Murphy with Genevieve Field
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann
Evangelic Girl Is a Gun yeule
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
The Seduction of Kansas Priests
The Leftovers
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine
Flesh David Szalay
XXX Danny Brown
Stubborn Persistent Illusions Do Make Say Think
Night Watch Kevin Young

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