Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
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Kukuruz Quartet

Julius Eastman: Piano Interpretations
- Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Southernmost Leo Boix
Ruth Kate Riley
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
XXX Danny Brown
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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