Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2024
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Rolling Stone: Music: 2018

Top 20 Albums of 2018 Rob Sheffield · Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
11 Best Books of 2015 Entertainment Weekly
2026 Award The Booker Prize
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Our Time Carlos Reygadas
Keeper of My Kin Ada Ferrer
Monrovia, Indiana Frederick Wiseman
Islah Kevin Gates
Horses Jake Skeets
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
I Never Learn Lykke Li
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
A World Appears Michael Pollan
Cool Machine Colson Whitehead
Defiance Loubna Mrie
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
A Hymn to Life Gisèle Pelicot
Good Times! The Monkees

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