Year-End Lists

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

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Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
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50 Best Albums of 2025
Best 50 Releases of 2024
Top 55 Releases of 2023
Top 50 Albums of 2022
Top 50 Albums of 2018
Top 50 Releases of 2017

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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Foretold
Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Shrinking
The Girl with the Needle Magnus von Horn
With Love, Snarls
Weapons Zach Cregger
Yellowjackets
Doris Earl Sweatshirt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Small Things like These Tim Mielants
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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