Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Best Books of 2024: Economist

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Tár Todd Field
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
A Small Light
All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
Pillion Harry Lighton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Boom Town Sam Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen

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