Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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- Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl
- 10 Best Books of 2017: Washington Post

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
Vice Principals
Goal/Tender Meat/Tender Paul Cunningham
Sticker NCT 127
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
XXX Danny Brown
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Top of the Lake Jane Campion and Garth Davis

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