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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Them: The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025
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Apollo's Angels

A History of Ballet

by Jennifer Homans

Lists

Nonfiction 2012: Carnegie Medal

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2014 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2018 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them

Trending Works

I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Boeckner! Boeckner
How to Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Rakshak Bloodywood
Room 25 Noname
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Lurker Alex Russell
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire

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