Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Björk: Sonic Symbolism

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The Best Podcasts of 2022: New York: Vulture Podcast Survey

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Slant
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
The Sunshine Place
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story

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