Year-End Lists

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

Is It Now? - Automatic

KCRW Best Albums of 2025

The Harder I Fight the More I Love You - Neko Case

California Review of Books 10 Best Books of 2025

Squid Game

Economist The Best TV Shows of 2025

Phonetics On and On - Horsegirl

Greg Kot: Sound Opinions The Best Albums of 2025

Phonetics On and On - Horsegirl

Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions The Best Albums of 2025

Long Story Short

IndieWire The 10 Best TV Series of 2025

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

Ludwig

Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times Best TV Shows of 2025

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

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

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

Richard Brody: New Yorker The Best Films of 2025

Sirāt - Oliver Laxe

Justin Chang: New Yorker The Best Films of 2025

Getting Killed - Geese

NME The 50 Best Albums of 2025

Getting Killed - Geese

Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times Best Albums of 2025

pullup to busan 4 morE hypEr summEr it’s gonna bE a fuckin moviE - Effie

Jon Caramanica: New York Times Best Albums of 2025

Sight & Sound The 50 Best Films of 2025

Antidepressants - Suede

Stephen Thomas Erlewine Best Albums of 2025

A Guardian and a Thief - Megha Majumdar

Atlantic The Best Books of 2025

We Do Not Part - Han Kang

Laura Miller: Slate The 10 Best Books of 2025

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - Bad Bunny

Complex The 50 Best Albums of 2025

A Truce That Is Not Peace - Miriam Toews

New Yorker The Best Books of 2025

Murderland - Caroline Fraser

Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune The 10 Best Books of 2025

Helm - Sarah Hall

Martin Chilton: Independent Best Books of 2025

Jake Coyle: AP Best Movies of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Lindsey Bahr: AP Best Movies of 2025