Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by James Gleick

Lists

16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 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

Trending Works

Her Spike Jonze
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
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