Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Music of 2020: Sasha Geffen: Artforum

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Motherland Julia Ioffe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad

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