Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley’s In C Mali
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music
- Top 25 Albums of 2015: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Her Spike Jonze
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese

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