Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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A Prayer Before Dawn

by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire

Lists

25 Best Movies of 2018: Nick Schager: Esquire

Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
XXX Danny Brown
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Tár Todd Field
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
The Guardians Sarah Manguso
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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