Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Death Above Life
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Kerrang!
Descent
1. 30 Best Albums of 2023: Revolver

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The True Story of Bananagun Bananagun
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Submit X Gesloten Cirkel
Awake Jen Hatmaker
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Monsoon Hong Khaou
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Cyrano Joe Wright
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Tár Todd Field
Thresholder Ian William Craig

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