Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The Best Podcasts of 2024: Sarah Larson: New Yorker

The Best Podcasts of 2024: Economist

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Lowdown
XXX Danny Brown
Connie Connie Chung
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Mad God Phil Tippett
Total S**t! Shit & Shine
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Liberation Day George Saunders

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