Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Alan Sepinwall: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
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Lists

Favorite Fifteen Films of 2018: Marya E. Gates
50 Best Films of 2018: Walter Chaw: Film Freak Central
Best Films of 2018: Much Ado About Cinema
20 Best Movies Of 2018: Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost

Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny
Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018: Valerie Ettenhofer: Film School Rejects
Best Movies of 2018: Manohla Dargis: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2013 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Adolescence
The Terror End of Beauty Harriet Tubman
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Flesh and Code
Riding Like the Wind Iris Jamahl Dunkle
The Last Kilo T.J. English
Open Close Sam Prekop
Eddington Ari Aster
The Third Realm Karl Ove Knausgaard
Dirt Bill Buford
Western Cum Cory Hanson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Post Pop Depression Iggy Pop
The Highwomen The Highwomen

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