Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Benjamin Cannon: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Open Close Sam Prekop
Spiral Mark Danner
Eddington Ari Aster
Pater Alain Cavalier
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
The Highwomen The Highwomen
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
The Man Without a Face Masha Gessen
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
1974 Francine Prose
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
Careless Passage Jerome Hiler
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop

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