Year-End Lists

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

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Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room: Top Ten Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2016: American Songwriter

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies Of 2021 Uproxx
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top Ten Films of 2025 Matt Patches · Fighting in the War Room

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Oracle Cate Marvin
Clean Slate
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
The Sunshine Place
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones

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