Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Wolves of Want
1. Top 50 Albums of 2016: Austin Town Hall

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Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Pivot
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Ends of the Earth Neil Shubin
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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