Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Rabih Alameddine

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
The Wrong End of the Telescope
The Angel of History
- 2016 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness
An Unnecessary Woman
- Best Fiction of 2014: Powell's Books
- The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
XXX Danny Brown
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Holy Motors Leos Carax
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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