Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2023
Alison Herman: Variety: The Best TV Shows of 2023
Sarah Larson: New Yorker: The Best Podcasts of 2025
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Basketball (and Other Things)
- Best Books I Read in 2017: Barack Obama

Trending Lists

The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo

Trending Works

My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross Anohni and the Johnsons
Either/Or Elif Batuman
Quotients Tracy O'Neill
Prey Dan Trachtenberg
Somebody Somewhere
The Other Two
Some People Need Killing Patricia Evangelista
The Outsiders Eric Church
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
Liberation Day George Saunders
I Made a Place Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Classic Objects Jenny Hval
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die Tawanda Mulalu

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