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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Matt Bell

Appleseed
A Tree or a Person or a Wall
- 52 Favorite Books of 2016: Dennis Cooper
Cataclysm Baby
1. 21 Favorite Books of 2012: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Pivot
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Tiny Dinos
Dolly Parton's America
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
1Q84 Haruki Murakami
It Follows David Robert Mitchell
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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