Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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1. 35 Favorite Albums of 2014: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Dolly Parton's America
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Tiny Dinos
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant
Mortal Trash Kim Addonizio
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Time Garrett Bradley
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese

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