Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Them: The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025
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Jeff Ballard

Time’s Tales
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2014: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 32 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2025 Them
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018 No Depression
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Live at Wembley Stadium, 7/25/25 (Live Bootleg) Oasis
Midst
I Loved You at Your Darkest Behemoth
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Sport Powell
Palomino First Aid Kit
1000 Forms of Fear Sia
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Seasons of Your Day Mazzy Star
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Boarding House Reach Jack White

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