Year-End Lists

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

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Scott Tobias: The Reveal: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Willie Nelson

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Best Albums of 2017: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Sunbather Deafheaven
Companion Drew Hancock
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
The Other Story Avi Nesher
LP Big Stick
Rectify
Things Take Time, Take Time Courtney Barnett
Mob Psycho 100
Deep State Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
XXX Danny Brown
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Believable: The Coco Berthmann Story
Cunningham Bird Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird

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