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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Puzzler

by A.J. Jacobs

Lists

My 25 Favorite New Podcasts of 2023: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Insecure Men Insecure Men
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Bottle It In Kurt Vile
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Utopia Björk
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett

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