Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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American Tunes

by Allen Toussaint

Appears on two lists

25 Best Albums of 2016: Slant
75 Best Albums of 2016: Uncut

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo
The Best Books of 2024 Economist

Trending Works

TransAtlantic Colum McCann
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Mrs. Fletcher
No Exit Damien Power
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Brat Charli XCX
Andor
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Mines Menomena
XXX Danny Brown
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov

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