Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Old Ways

by Christopher Alender

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The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Border Vista Anni Liu
In the Same Light Wong May (translator)
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
Shadows In The Night Bob Dylan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
The Complete Budokan 1978 Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 Bob Dylan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Fallen Angels Bob Dylan
Songbird Waylon Jennings
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Bob Dylan
Defiance: Fighting the Far Right

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