Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Cruel Summer

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Middle Jesse Welles
Let's Rock The Black Keys
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Moderation Elaine Castillo

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