Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times: Best Movies of 2023
David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Films of 2022
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2024
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Case Study

by Graeme Macrae Burnet

Appears on two lists

2022 Award: The Booker Prize
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Mrs. Fletcher
Mines Menomena
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
Brat Charli XCX
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Andor
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
No Exit Damien Power
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)

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