Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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