Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker
The Best Podcasts of 2024: Economist

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Albums of 2011 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Black Metal Dean Blunt
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Body Talk Robyn
Urchin Harris Dickinson
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Antidote Karen Russell
Cleanness Garth Greenwell
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Perfume Genius
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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