Year-End Lists

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

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Boston Globe: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2019
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Looking for Lorraine

The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry

by Imani Perry

Lists

Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Fiction of 2025 Maria Crawford · Financial Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Frankenstein Guillermo del Toro
Who Is Government? Michael Lewis
Borrasca
Invention Courtney Stephens
Tomboy Panda Bear
The Serpent
A Hologram for the King Tom Tykwer
Empire of Light Sam Mendes
Scratch & Win
The House That Jack Built Lars von Trier
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
All the Cities of the North Dane Komljen
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton

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