Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Jane Smiley

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The 10 Best Books of 2015: Jane Ciabattari: BBC: BBC Culture

50 Best Books of 2015: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Like a Ribbon John Glacier
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Long Story Short
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
Eusexua FKA twigs
Suspended Time Olivier Assayas
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Life After Reid Davenport
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland
Russia's Man of War Cathy Scott-Clark

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