Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
National Book Award: Fiction 2026
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Appears on three lists

3 The 10 Best Podcasts of 2019: Time
27 The 30 Best Podcasts of the 2010s: Paste

The 21 Best Podcasts of 2018: Esquire

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Poetry 2026 National Book Award
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Fiction 2026 National Book Award
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
Top 50 Films of 2016 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
The Quiet Tenant Clémence Michallon
Radio Lusaka Alick Nkhata
Python's Kiss Louise Erdrich
Tree of Knowledge Victoria Chang
Tales of Falling and Flying Ben Loory
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Huna Abdelrahman ElGendy
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young Zayd Ayers Dohrn
color theory Soccer Mommy
We Layli Long Soldier
The Midnight Special Colin Asher
Mad Eden Morgan Thomas
The Evolution of Fire Angela Pelster

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