Year-End Lists

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

Audition - Katie Kitamura

The 15 Best Books of 2025 Los Angeles Times

The Antidote - Karen Russell

10 Favorite Books of 2025 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Never Enough - Turnstile

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Kerrang!

Addison - Addison Rae

The Top 10 Albums of 2025 Washington Post: Chris Richards

Lux - Rosalía

The 80 Best Albums of 2025 PopMatters

Choke Enough - Oklou

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Crack Magazine

Addison - Addison Rae

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 The Fader

It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi

The Best Movies of 2025 The Ringer: Adam Nayman

Lux - Rosalía

The 10 Best Albums of 2025 Entertainment Weekly

Severance

The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone

Overshoot - Wim Carton and Andreas Malm

The Year 2025 in Ten Books Verso Books

Is It Now? - Automatic

Best Albums of 2025 KCRW

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

10 Best Books of 2025 California Review of Books

Squid Game

The Best TV Shows of 2025 Economist

Phonetics On and On - Horsegirl

The Best Albums of 2025 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

Phonetics On and On - Horsegirl

The Best Albums of 2025 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

Long Story Short

The 10 Best TV Series of 2025 IndieWire

The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Los Angeles Times: Amy Nicholson

Ludwig

Best TV Shows of 2025 Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd

I Don't Know How but They Found Me! - Jensen McRae

The 25 Best Albums of 2025 Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

The Best Films of 2025 New Yorker: Richard Brody

Sirāt - Oliver Laxe

The Best Films of 2025 New Yorker: Justin Chang

Getting Killed - Geese

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Getting Killed - Geese

Best Albums of 2025 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz