Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Ann Powers: NPR: Top 10 Albums of 2021
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American Experience: The Circus

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Best TV of 2018: Dorothy Rabinowitz: Wall Street Journal

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2015 Fact
Best Fiction of 2016 Powell's Books

Trending Works

The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker
This Is What It Feels Like Gracie Abrams
Gloss Drop Battles
Small Mercies Dennis Lehane
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Patch the Sky Bob Mould
April Sara Nicholson
Southbound Anjali Enjeti
Marigold James Hershberg
All My Circles Run Sarah Davachi
Hidemi Patrick Shiroishi

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