Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. Best Albums of 2011: FasterLouder
2. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Albums of the Year 2025 Clash

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Idlewild Idlewild
Sly Thom Zimny
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
The Sunshine Place
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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