Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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by Shannon Lay

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The Best Albums of 2021: No Ripcord
The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Books of 2019 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Brooklyn Vegan
10 of the Best Books of 2024 Christopher Borrelli · Chicago Tribune
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Soul Music Special Request
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Eusexua FKA twigs
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
The Cathedral Ricky D'Ambrose
Simone Felice Simone Felice
The world within our bedrooms Drug Store Romeos
Where We've Been, Where We Go from Here Friko
Sore Thumb Oso Oso
Stranger Fruit Zeal & Ardor
Writers & Lovers Lily King
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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