Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Micah Nemerever

These Violent Delights
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
- The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
American Prison Shane Bauer
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Getting Killed Geese
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski

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