Year-End Lists

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

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

New York Public Library Best Books for Adults 2025

Afternoons of Solitude - Albert Serra

Cahiers du Cinéma Top 10 Films of 2025

I Only Rest in the Storm - Pedro Pinho

Les Inrocks Our Top Films of 2025

Essex Honey - Blood Orange

Les Inrocks Best Albums of 2025

Choke Enough - Oklou

Time Out The 25 Best Albums of 2025

Stay Dead - Natalie Shapero

Time The Must-Read Poetry Books of 2025

Flashlight - Susan Choi

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Dominion - Addie E. Citchens

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

Baldwin - Nicholas Boggs

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2025

The Dry Season - Melissa Febos

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2025

Apple in China - Patrick McGee

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025

Helen of Troy, 1993 - Maria Zoccola

Electric Lit Best Poetry Collections of 2025

Severance

TV Guide The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025

Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny - Kiran Desai

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025

The Slip - Lucas Schaefer

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2025

Wellwater - Karen Solie

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Poetry of 2025

Flesh - David Szalay

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Fiction of 2025

Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy

Economist The Best Books of 2025

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) - Rabih Alameddine

National Book Award Fiction 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

National Book Award Nonfiction 2025

The Intentions of Thunder - Patricia Smith

National Book Award Poetry 2025