Year-End Lists

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

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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1. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Paste
Best TV Shows of 2022 BuzzFeed
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
25 Best TV Shows of 2018 Slant
The Best TV Shows of 2019 Complex
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 TV Shows of 2019 Decider
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Anime, Trauma and Divorce Open Mike Eagle
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Trois, Deux, Un Juniore
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Rakshak Bloodywood
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill

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