Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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Daniel Mendelsohn

Three Rings
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
An Odyssey
- 30 Best Books of 2017: Christian Science Monitor

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s Stereogum
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022 Judy Berman · Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Pillion Harry Lighton
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
AM Arctic Monkeys
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Acadia Yasmin Williams
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Tangerine Sean Baker
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
From The Ground Up John Fullbright
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan

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