Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
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by Lucy Liyou

Lists

Best Music of 2021: Sasha Geffen: Artforum

Our Favorite Albums, 2021: Tone Glow

Trending Lists

20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine
Favorite Books of 2022 San Francisco Chronicle
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Fly
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall
Best Books for Adults 2025 New York Public Library
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Bone Valley
Tár Todd Field
Bent by Nature
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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