Year-End Lists

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

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The Best TV Shows of 2025 New York · Vulture
The Best TV Shows of 2024 New York · Vulture
The Best TV Shows of 2023 New York · Vulture
The Best TV of 2022 New York · Vulture
The Best TV of 2021 New York · Vulture
Top 10 Shows of 2020 New York · Vulture
The Best TV Shows of 2019 New York · Vulture

Trending Lists

Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Favorite Poetry of 2017 Dennis Cooper
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
11 Best Books of 2015 Entertainment Weekly
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

I Never Learn Lykke Li
Good Times! The Monkees
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Horses Jake Skeets
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Defiance Loubna Mrie
Islah Kevin Gates
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff

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