Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Best Albums of 2024
Best Albums of 2023
Best Albums of 2022
Top 20 of 2020

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024 Them
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Agüita Gabriel Garzón-Montano
The Golden House Salman Rushdie
Life's a Beach Easy Life
More Love, Less Ego Wizkid
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
Typhoons Royal Blood
Sweet Unknown Ceramic Animal
Wild World Bastille
There In Spirit Homeboy Sandman
Rock N Roll Consciousness Thurston Moore
Varmints Anna Meredith
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Room for the Moon Kate NV
That Was Something Dan Callahan

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