Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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Selected Essays

by Mary Oliver

Lists

16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Works

That Was Something Dan Callahan
XXX Danny Brown
Rock N Roll Consciousness Thurston Moore
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Before We Vanish Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Mt. Marci Roc Marciano
Half of Where You Live Gold Panda
Sugar Honey Iced Tea Latto
Room for the Moon Kate NV
Possession Christian Mistress
Aux Pieds de la Nuit Nyx Nott

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