Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2021
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
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The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Guardian

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker

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The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Movies of 2011 Total Film
Top 50 Films of 2013 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
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 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Open Close Sam Prekop
The Highwomen The Highwomen
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Passages Ira Sachs
Careless Passage Jerome Hiler
Eddington Ari Aster
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Pater Alain Cavalier
History Youssou N'Dour
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
1974 Francine Prose

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