Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Unwinding

An Inner History of the New America

by George Packer

The Unwinding - George Packer

Lists

Nonfiction 2013: National Book Award
The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
On Falling Laura Carreira
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka

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