Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Howard Markel

Origin Story
- The Best Books of 2024: Economist
The Secret of Life
- Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews
The Kelloggs
- 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
2011 Award The Booker Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Good Sun Homeboy Sandman
Equus Asinus Men I Trust
Big Dreams, Mister Good Luck
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boeckner! Boeckner
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Kristen Arnett
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Where Only The Truth Is Spoken Malevolence
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sex Education

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