Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Wake

by Paul Kingsnorth

Lists

2014 Award: The Booker Prize
Best Fiction of 2014: Goldsmiths Prize

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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