Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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by Nikki Wallschlaeger

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Favorite Poetry Collections of 2017: Lit Hub
Notable Poetry of 2017: Michael Robbins: Chicago Tribune

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50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020 Time
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023 Annabel Gutterman · Time
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Reservation Dogs
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Anora Sean Baker
Road Alice Cooper
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
National Average Big Special
The History of Money David McWilliams
Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Ice Road Jonathan Hensleigh
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt

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