Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker: The Best Albums of 2025
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Sight & Sound TV Poll

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The 10 Best TV Series of 2021
The Best Television Series of 2020
The Best TV Series of 2019

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Albums of 2025 Amanda Petrusich · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Careless Passage Jerome Hiler
Dirt Bill Buford
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
1974 Francine Prose
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall
Flesh David Szalay
Pater Alain Cavalier
Captain's Dinner Adam Cohen
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
Passages Ira Sachs
Eddington Ari Aster

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