Year-End Lists

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

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2021
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
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The Angel of Rome and Other Stories
1. The Best Books of 2022: Esquire
The Cold Millions
We Live in Water
- Favorite Books of 2019: Barack Obama
Beautiful Ruins
1. Top 10 Books of 2012: Salon
- 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Fiction of 2025 Maria Crawford · Financial Times
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
50 Best Albums of 2011 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
The Serpent
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Who Is Government? Michael Lewis
Invention Courtney Stephens
Sex Education
Tomboy Panda Bear
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
All the Cities of the North Dane Komljen
Vertières I, II, III Louise Botkay
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
The English Hugo Blick
Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro

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