Year-End Lists

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

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NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
David Orr: New York Times: 10 Best Poetry Books of 2015
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When No One Is Watching

by Alyssa Cole

Appears on two lists

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
The Best Books of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2017 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Movies of 2024 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
10 Best Poetry Books of 2015 David Orr · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2014 NME

Trending Works

Dìdi Sean Wang
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
On the Battlefield Little Egypt Collective
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Long Player Late Bloomer Ron Sexsmith
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr
Die In Love Greet Death
Visitor Empath
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Graves Without a Name Rithy Panh
Loudermilk
The Assistant Kitty Green
Mrs. Fletcher

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