Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

20 Best Films of 2011: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Best Albums of 2024 Obscure Sound
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
From Scratch
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
Whiplash Damien Chazelle

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