Year-End Lists

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

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Tim Goodman: Hollywood Reporter: 32 Best TV Shows of 2018
Ann Powers: NPR: Top 10 Albums of 2021
NME: Best Albums of the Year 2018
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- Top 20 Books of 2017: Stranger

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
32 Best TV Shows of 2018 Tim Goodman · Hollywood Reporter
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of the Year 2018 NME
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Small Mercies Dennis Lehane
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Shabaka
Joy'All Jenny Lewis
The Most Secret Memory of Men Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Beloved Christophe Honoré
April Sara Nicholson
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
A Different Man Aaron Schimberg
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker

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