Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

My Favorite Fiction of 2020 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2019 New Yorker
Best Books of 2018 New Yorker
10 Favorite Books of 2017 Slate

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Fly
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney
A United Kingdom Amma Asante
Embedded: Alternate Realities
Fucktoys Annapurna Sriram
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Maestro Bradley Cooper
Deep Water Adrian Lyne
Interview with the Vampire
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Left-Handed Girl Shih-Ching Tsou
A Very English Scandal

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