Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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I Might Forgive... But I Don’t Forget
- The Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2023: XXL
Seen It All: The Autobiography
1. 50 Best Albums of 2014: Complex

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Second Mansions Le Concorde
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Getting Killed Geese
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Slow West John Maclean
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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