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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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- 11 Best Films of 2021: Tom Waibel: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
- The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021: Noel Murray: Polygon

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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
2026 Award The Booker Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
11 Best Books of 2015 Entertainment Weekly
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

Defiance Loubna Mrie
Good Times! The Monkees
Horses Jake Skeets
Our Time Carlos Reygadas
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
I Never Learn Lykke Li
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Islah Kevin Gates
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead

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