Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Refinery29

Top 10 Poetry Books of 2020: New York Public Library

Trending Lists

The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
American Prison Shane Bauer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Succession
American Eden Victoria Johnson

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