Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Karl Bartos

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The Best Albums of 2013: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2024 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2024 Obscure Sound
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Flowers for Vases / Descansos Hayley Williams
Tiny Empire Chatterton
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Silver Bullets Joe Swanberg
Seven Empty Houses Samanta Schweblin
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Imperial Triumphant Goldstar
Run Me to Earth Paul Yoon
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency Chen Chen
The Invisible Man Leigh Whannell
I Love My Computer Ninajirachi
Palm Springs Max Barbakow

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