Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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- The 50 Best Books of 2021: Esquire

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Follows David Robert Mitchell
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Pivot
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Tiny Dinos
Dolly Parton's America
Mortal Trash Kim Addonizio
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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