Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

The 80 Best Albums of 2022: PopMatters

Best Albums of 2022: Jon Pareles: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

You Didn't See Nothin
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
XXX Danny Brown
Flesh David Szalay
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Getting Killed Geese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
In the Dark
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
My Adventures with Superman
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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