Year-End Lists

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

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Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Best TV Of 2025 With Lesbian, Queer Women and Trans Characters: Autostraddle

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: Judy Berman: Time
The Best TV Shows of 2025: W

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
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 50 Best Albums of 2024 Complex
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Outside Noise Ted Fendt
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Brat Charli XCX

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