Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Louis Menand

The Free World

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Saint Omer Alice Diop
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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