Year-End Lists

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

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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On the Battlefield

by Little Egypt Collective

Lists

Twenty-One Experimental Films That Defined 2024: Michael Sicinski

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Mad God Phil Tippett
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
XXX Danny Brown
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Connie Connie Chung
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Lowdown

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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