Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

70 Best Albums of 2018: PopMatters

Top Releases of 2018: XLR8R

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Albums of 2011 Gorilla vs. Bear
10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Hail, Caesar! Joel & Ethan Coen
Face To The Flywire Platonic Sex
Destroy All Monsters Jeff Jackson
27 Miles Underwater Higher Power
End of Watch David Ayer
Horizon Trash Kit
So Vanilla Viji
Tlazcaltiliztli Tzompantli
Shirley Hurt Shirley Hurt
Elderflora Jared Farmer
Trump Sky Alpha Mark Doten
Estrella por Estrella Joshua Chuquimia Crampton
A Registry of My Passage upon the Earth Daniel Mason
Missoula Jon Krakauer

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