Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Kimberly King Parsons

Lists

Best Fiction of 2019: Powell's Books
Fiction 2019: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Common Side Effects
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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