Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Ada Limón

Lists

16 Best Poetry Books of 2015: BuzzFeed

10 Best Poetry Books of 2015: David Orr: New York Times
The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Antidote Karen Russell
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Flesh David Szalay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
In the Dark
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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