Year-End Lists

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

The Director - Daniel Kehlmann

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

Shadow Ticket - Thomas Pynchon

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025

Audition - Katie Kitamura

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025

Motherland - Julia Ioffe

BookPage The Best Nonfiction of 2025

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

BookPage The Best Fiction of 2025

Uncanny Valley Girls - Zefyr Lisowski

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2025

There Is No Place for Us - Brian Goldstone

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

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

Chicago Public Library Top 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Endling - Maria Reva

Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025

Stone Yard Devotional - Charlotte Wood

Washington Post The 10 Best Books of 2025

Wellwater - Karen Solie

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Poetry of 2025

Big Kiss, Bye-Bye - Claire-Louise Bennett

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