Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Small Fry

by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Small Fry - Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Lists

Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

Top 10 Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times
10 Best Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times
Best Books of 2018: Katy Waldman: New Yorker
Best Books of 2018: Bustle

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Southernmost Leo Boix
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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