Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Helen Phillips

Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024: Dan Kois: Slate
The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
The Best Books of 2024: Economist
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Weapons Zach Cregger
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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