Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Trouble the Saints
- The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Getting Killed Geese
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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