Year-End Lists

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2025
All Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts
Movies
I Only Rest in the Storm - Pedro Pinho

Les Inrocks Our Top Films of 2025

Music
Essex Honey - Blood Orange

Les Inrocks Best Albums of 2025

Music
Choke Enough - Oklou

Time Out The 25 Best Albums of 2025

Poetry
Stay Dead - Natalie Shapero

Time The Must-Read Poetry Books of 2025

Books
Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Books
Dominion - Addie E. Citchens

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

Books
Flesh - David Szalay

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

Books
Black in Blues - Imani Perry

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025

Books
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2025

Books
The Dry Season - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2025

Books
The Harder I Fight the More I Love You - Neko Case

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025

Poetry
Helen of Troy, 1993 - Maria Zoccola

Electric Lit Best Poetry Collections of 2025

TV Shows
Severance

TV Guide The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025

Books
Flashlight - Susan Choi

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Books
Endling - Maria Reva

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025

Books
Ruth - Kate Riley

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2025

Poetry
The Empire of Forgetting - John Burnside

Financial Times: Maria Crawford Best Poetry of 2025

Books
Flesh - David Szalay

Financial Times: Maria Crawford Best Fiction of 2025

Books
Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy

Economist The Best Books of 2025

Books
The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

National Book Award Fiction 2025

Books
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

National Book Award Nonfiction 2025

Poetry
The Intentions of Thunder - Patricia Smith

National Book Award Poetry 2025

Music
Near-Death Travel Services - Deadguy

Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2025

Music
More - Pulp

Mojo The 75 Best Albums of 2025

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