Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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A Beautiful Crime
- 20 Best Books of 2020: O Magazine
The Destroyers
1. 45 Best Books of 2017: Paste
2. The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
Best Poetry Collections of 2025 Electric Lit
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Irishman Martin Scorsese
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Perfume Genius
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Cleanness Garth Greenwell
(III) Crystal Castles
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Antidote Karen Russell
God Save The Gun Militarie Gun

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