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
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Sometimes I Think About Dying

by Rachel Lambert

Lists

Top Ten Films of 2024: Marya E. Gates: RogerEbert.com

The Ten Best Films of 2024: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Black Box
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Long Story Short
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Adults
Second Comin’ Korallreven
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar

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