Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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1. The Best Books of 2022: Esquire
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- Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Resurrection Bi Gan
Her Spike Jonze
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka

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