Year-End Lists

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

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Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Films of 2022: Peter Labuza
Best Films of 2023: Daniel Kasman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Complex
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Brat Charli XCX
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
The Empire Bruno Dumont
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
Return Emily Lee Luan

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