Year-End Lists

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

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2020
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Books of 2018
16 Favorite Books of 2016
15 Best Books of 2015

Trending Lists

The Best TV Shows of the 2010s IndieWire
Favourite Books of 2025 The Skinny
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2022 Entertainment Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The 80 Best Albums of 2022 PopMatters
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Dean's List 2020 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

Thank You for Today Death Cab for Cutie
Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk Miles Okazaki
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass
Smile Parker Finn
Mudboy Sheck Wes
The Confidante
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts [screenplay] Peter Whitehead
The African Desperate Martine Syms
Three Exercises of Interpretation Cristi Puiu
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon

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