Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Age of Phillis
- Best Poetry of 2020: Library Journal
- Poetry 2020: National Book Award

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Fingernails Christos Nikou
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Oracle Cate Marvin
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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