Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Callie Garnett

Wings in Time
- The Best Poetry of 2021: Elisa Gabbert: New York Times
- Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2018 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Highway Thirteen Fiona McFarlane
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Arctic Passages Kieran Mulvaney

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