Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2025
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Rita Dove

Playlist for the Apocalypse
Collected Poems
1. 11 Best Poetry Books of 2016: BuzzFeed
- Poetry 2016: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2025 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Enys Men Mark Jenkin
Empty Netters
Fargo
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
GNX Kendrick Lamar
The Gilded Age
Hit Man Richard Linklater
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Severance

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