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
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Natasha Trethewey

Memorial Drive
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- The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub
Monument
- Poetry 2018: National Book Award
- 10 Best Poetry Books of 2018: Chicago Review of Books

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Buck Cindy Meehl
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex

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