Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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Haig Aivazian

All of Your Stars Are But Dust on My Shoes
- 2 Best Films of 2021: Matt Turner: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s Paste
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Sawayama Rina Sawayama
Who Cares? Alexe Poukine
Smother Wild Beasts
Spawning Season Joseph Osmundson
Heron Oblivion Heron Oblivion
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Seeing Ghosts Kat Chow
Islah Kevin Gates
No Time for Dreaming Charles Bradley
Get Out Jordan Peele
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Good Times! The Monkees
The Call Yannick Murphy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition

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