Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Beautifully Broken
1. Best Albums of 2024: Billboard
Whitsitt Chapel
1. Best Albums of 2023: Billboard
- 25 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2023: Loudwire

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Slow West John Maclean
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
I Swear Kirk Jones
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Hi Texas
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
American Crime Story
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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