Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall

by Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley

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The 20 Best Books of 2021: Atlantic

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The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Albums of 2021 Ann Powers · NPR · NPR Music
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Albums of the Year 2018 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time

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April Sara Nicholson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Konkylie When Saints Go Machine
Beloved Christophe Honoré
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
L’un n’empêche pas l’autre Brigitte Fontaine
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Shabaka
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
Small Mercies Dennis Lehane
This Is What It Feels Like Gracie Abrams
Golden Sings That Have Been Sung Ryley Walker
Joy'All Jenny Lewis
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Gloss Drop Battles

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