Year-End Lists

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

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Joel Ross

The Parable Of The Poet
- 2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones
Who Are You?
- Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic
KingMaker
- The Best Albums of 2019: Vinyl Me, Please

Trending Lists

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2024 Loudwire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2013 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times

Trending Works

Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Ghost Story Fern Maddie
No Name Jack White
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino
Bright Circle Randall Fuller
In Front of Your Face Hong Sang-soo
The Shadowless Tower Zhang Lü
Getting Killed Geese
Anansi's Gold Yepoka Yeebo
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Dreamed Path Angela Schanelec
Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey
Amigo John Sayles

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