Year-End Lists

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

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

10 Favorite Books of 2024: Clare Mulroy: USA Today
Books of 2022: The Skinny
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022: Washington Post
Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Hijack
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Brat Charli XCX
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Outside Noise Ted Fendt

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