Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025: Them
Best Books of 2025: Book Riot

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Lowdown
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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