Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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by Stephen O'Connor

Lists

2016 First Novel Prize: The Center for Fiction
Best Fiction of 2016: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Lurker Alex Russell
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Suspicious Minds
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison

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