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
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Ghostpoet

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
1. 51 Best Albums of 2020: Gigwise
- Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade
Dark Days + Canapés
Shedding Skin
Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Succession
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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