Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Writing to Save a Life

The Louis Till File

by John Edgar Wideman

Lists

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

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Getting Killed Geese
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
Brat Charli XCX
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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