Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Naima Bock

Below a Massive Dark Land
Giant Palm

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Oracle Cate Marvin
Sly Thom Zimny
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Liars Sarah Manguso

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