Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2025
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Kate Lebo

The Book of Difficult Fruit

Trending Lists

Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Second Mansions Le Concorde
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Slow West John Maclean
Getting Killed Geese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Prison Shane Bauer
Face Down in the Garden Tennis

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