Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2020 NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Albums of 2019 NPR · Fresh Air
Favorite Albums of 2018 NPR · Fresh Air
10 Best TV Shows of 2017 Yahoo

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The Best Movies of 2020 Eric Kohn · IndieWire
Top 40 Albums of 2012 Jim DeRogatis · WBEZ · Sound Opinions
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

One Deep River Mark Knopfler
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
Prima Donna Vince Staples
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
amor de encava WEED420
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Music for Shape-Shifters: Field Recordings from the Amazonian Lowlands, 1981-1985 Wakuénai (Curripaco)
Nope Jordan Peele
Toho Sara 東方沙羅 Toho Sara
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Aura Reworks Hatis Noit
Jinpa Pema Tseden
Hard Truths Mike Leigh

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