Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025
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The Best Books Of 2020
15 Poetry Collections From 2018 You Won’t Want To Miss E. Ce Miller
Best Books of 2018
18 Best Poetry Collections of 2017 E. Ce Miller
12 Best Poetry Collections of 2016 E. Ce Miller

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2017 Q
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Albums of 2025 Lindsay Zoladz · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2024 Alternative Press
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Albums of 2025 Obscure Sound
The Best Movies of 2020 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
Best Books of 2025 USA Today
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Kristen Baldwin · Entertainment Weekly
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Sex Education
Emergent Strategy adrienne maree brown
The Devil All the Time Antonio Campos
Last Call
Radio Archive (2014-2023) Neil Luck
Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang
Real Life Emeli Sandé
Icarus Bryan Fogel
Apologize [video] Louis C.K.
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Tokyo Suite Giovana Madalosso
Black Box Diaries Shiori Itō
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet Ana Katz

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