Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

by Laura van den Berg

Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020: Time

The Best Books of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar
Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time
The Best Books of 2020: Thrillist

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best TV Shows of 2025 James Poniewozik · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Antigone Eiko Ishibashi
We the People Jill Lepore
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Weapons Zach Cregger
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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