Year-End Lists

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

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Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley

Room Temperature
1. The Best Movies of 2025: John Waters: New York: Vulture
Like Cattle Towards Glow
1. 10 Best Films of 2016: John Waters: Artforum

Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley

Permanent Green Light
1. 10 Best Films of 2018: John Waters: Artforum
2. Top Ten Films of 2018: Caden Mark Gardner: Seattle Screen Scene

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Held Anne Michaels
Rakshak Bloodywood
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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