Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by John Akomfrah

Lists

Top 5 Films of 2012: Sukhdev Sandu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Slow West John Maclean
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
American Prison Shane Bauer
Second Mansions Le Concorde
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Twinless James Sweeney
Getting Killed Geese

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