Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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A Late Quartet

by Yaron Zilberman

Lists

20 Best Movies of 2012: Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Circle of Hope Eliza Griswold
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
In the Dark
Beginners Mike Mills
Holy Hell Architects
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Soft Hair Soft Hair
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Spotlight: Snitch City
There Are No Accidents Jessie Singer

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