Year-End Lists

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

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Clarisse Loughrey: Independent: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Theft by Finding

Diaries (1977-2002)

by David Sedaris

Lists

Best Books of 2017: Harper’s Bazaar

24 Favorite Books of 2017: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
Best Albums of 2022 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Trip Amie Barrodale
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy James McMurtry
Beacon Tess Roby
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Choke Enough Oklou
Le Kov Gwenno
Eno Gary Hustwit
Tearless Amnesia Scanner
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Empty Netters
Fargo

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