Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025
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American Experience: The Circus

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Best TV of 2018: Dorothy Rabinowitz: Wall Street Journal

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Nonfiction 2026 National Book Award
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Fiction 2026 Women's Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Movies of 2025 Guardian
Nonfiction 2026 Kirkus · Kirkus Prize
The Best Albums of 2020 The Ringer

Trending Works

Best Things First Bjørn Lomborg
Catch the Devil Pamela Colloff
Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
London Falling Patrick Radden Keefe
Black Folk Could Fly Randall Kenan
Moon of the Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice
The Consciousness Instinct Michael S. Gazzaniga
The Man Who Couldn’t Miss Screenings Damon Packard
Science Without Substance Daniel Barnett
2000 Meters to Andriivka Mstyslav Chernov
Lumi Vaientaa Kysymykset Circle of Ouroborus
The Tsugua Diaries Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes
love has never been a popular movement. TYGAPAW
This Is Where the Serpent Lives Daniyal Mueenuddin

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