Year-End Lists

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

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Almost Everything

Notes on Hope

by Anne Lamott

Lists

Favorite Books of 2018: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Oracle Cate Marvin
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones

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