Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Movies of 2023
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly
The 20 Best Books of 2016: Entertainment Weekly

Fiction 2017: Women's Prize
15 Best Fiction Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
Top 10 Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle
Fiction 2016: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont
Love in Exile Shon Faye
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
The Song of the Cell Siddhartha Mukherjee
Hail and Farewell Abby E. Murray
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Synthetic Cinema Wheeler Winston Dixon
mbv My Bloody Valentine
Run Away With A Wild And A Rare One Wave Generators
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Read Until You Understand Farah Jasmine Griffin
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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