Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

Good Company
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post
The Nest
- 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
We the People Jill Lepore
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Alpha Julia Ducournau
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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