Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2018: The Playlist

Best TV Shows of 2018: NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Hijack
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib

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