Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Out of Sight, Out of Town
1. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Austin Town Hall
2. Top 102 Albums of 2012: Robert Christgau: Barnes & Noble Review

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Cunningham Bird Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird
Companion Drew Hancock
LP Big Stick
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Other Story Avi Nesher
Deep State Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
Mob Psycho 100
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
Rectify
Believable: The Coco Berthmann Story
Things Take Time, Take Time Courtney Barnett
Sunbather Deafheaven
So Beautiful or So What Paul Simon
Booksmart Olivia Wilde

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