Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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A Kingdom of Their Own

The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster

by Joshua Partlow

Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Getting Killed Geese
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut

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