Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
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The Birth of a Nation
1. 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker
- 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Man's Best Friend Sabrina Carpenter
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Brat Charli XCX
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus

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