Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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We Keep the Dead Close

A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Refinery29

The Best Books of 2020: Vogue
10 Top Books of 2020: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
American Prison Shane Bauer
Getting Killed Geese
Second Mansions Le Concorde
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Slow West John Maclean
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Hi Texas
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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