Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
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The Best Films of 2025
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New Yorker: Richard Brody
Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Wire
The 15 Best Films of 2025
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USA Today: Cory Woodroof
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The Underground Railroad
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Colson Whitehead
Lists
Top 20 Books of 2016
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Sarah Begley: Time
10 Best Books of 2016
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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s
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Paste
The 13 Best Books of 2016
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Harper’s Bazaar
10 Best Books of 2016
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Publishers Weekly
10 Best Books of 2016
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Library Journal
The 17 Best Books of the 2010s
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Town & Country
2017 Award
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The Booker Prize Foundation: The Booker Prize
Best Books of 2017
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Verso Books
Top Ten Books of 2016
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Chicago Public Library
2016 Best Books of the Year
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Shelf Awareness
15 Best Fiction Books of 2016
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John Freeman: Boston Globe
Top 10 Books of 2016
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San Francisco Chronicle
The 10 Best Books of 2016
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Washington Post
Fiction 2016
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National Book Award
10 Best Books of 2016
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New York Times: New York Times
Fiction 2016
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Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize
The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s
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Lit Hub
The 20 Best Books of the Decade 2010-2019
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