Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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1. Top 20 Albums of 2012: Resident Advisor

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Alpha Julia Ducournau
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Stillness in Wonderland Little Simz
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada

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